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Reputation: 185

Perl : Picking a varying filename with a specific extension from a specific folder

Problem: I have a specific folder in which i have only one file with a specific extension. This file is generated one and the name always varies...

I want to assign it to a variable and then pass to subroutine in perl i tried as follows

my $file = "./abc/def/*.xml"; and also tried using one field on which i have control

my $file = "./abc/def/._${username}_..xml";

but i print the file name.... it says *.xml or ._name_..xml instead of the actual filename ...

Can someone tell me how to solve my problem. I am new to perl...so any help here will be great. I have searched few other places but couldn't find anything for this specific point.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 53

Answers (2)

Arijit Panda
Arijit Panda

Reputation: 1665

You can print your files using the bellow way.Then you can use them.

Code:

    my @dir = `ls ./abc/def/`;
    foreach my $id (@dir)
    {
            chomp($id);
            print "$id\n";
    }

Hope this will help you.

Upvotes: 0

Sobrique
Sobrique

Reputation: 53498

You want glob:

my $file = glob './abc/def/*.xml';

Or perhaps:

my @files = glob './abc/def/*.xml';

Not sure why you're having problems with the $username part though. It should expand that var. (although, I don't know why you have _ either side).

Upvotes: 3

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