Re: installed modules - faq question 3.4 What am I doing wrong?

Thanks, I just put in use strict and use warnings to make sure.

My os is Redhat 7.3. I ran the script as a regular user and also as
root (in case permission denied). Same output.

My perl is 5.6.1 My @INC is :
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
..

Under "/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/" I have a directory called "ExtUtils" with
a bunch of .pm files in there. (These are standard modules).

I am not getting these listed. (just as an example). I also have
others not being listed. But I have other subdirectories that have .pm
files that are being listed.

Would there be a problem with the "if -f _ " construct. I just copied
it from the FAQ.

Update : I just ran the script without one of the conditions (ie: "-f
_" ) and it works. So I guess "-f _" is causing some problems. It is
a file test operator to see if the file is a plain text file. The
single underscore I don't fully understand except that it saves a
system call. Maybe I can get a better explanation.

thanks,
Roshan

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