[TAG] Perl Search Directory Function

[Ben Okopnik]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 03:41:01PM -0700, Thomas Bonham wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Here is a 2 cent tip which is a  little Perl script for looping through 
> directory's.

Why not just use 'File::Find'? It's included in the default Perl
install, and is both powerful and flexible.

```
use File::Find;

find(sub { do_whatever_you_want_here }, @directories_to_search);
'''

For more info, see 'perldoc File::Find'.


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