Re: using file globs and regex

pgodfrin <pgodfrin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Greetings,
This program works fine (with file names f1..f8 in the directory):

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
$\="\n";
while(<f*>)
{
print "$_";
if(/f5/)
{
my $fn=$_;
print "File name $fn found..." and exit;
}
}
exit;

But I was hoping to be able to do something like:
my $fn=grep (/f5/,<f*>);

Basically just trying to have less lines of code...any suggestions?


use grep() in a list context instead of in a scalar context.

I don't like using overloaded angle brackets in my code.

If I want equality, I use an operator that tests for equality.

my($fn) = grep ( $_ eq 'f5' , glob 'f*');


--
Tad McClellan
email: perl -le "print scalar reverse qq/moc.noitatibaher\100cmdat/"
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