spaces in paths

E

Eric.Medlin

The following code doesn't print out the file list.

#!/usr/bin/perl

$inFolder = "~/folder space";
@folders = <$inFolder/*>;
print "@folders\n";

Adding double quotes around like @folders = <"$inFolder"/*>; fixes the
problem, but then
$inFolder = "~/folder_nospace"; doesn't print out anything. How do I
get it print out the file list all the time.
 
G

Gunnar Hjalmarsson

The following code doesn't print out the file list.

#!/usr/bin/perl

$inFolder = "~/folder space";
@folders = <$inFolder/*>;
print "@folders\n";

Adding double quotes around like @folders = <"$inFolder"/*>; fixes the
problem, but then
$inFolder = "~/folder_nospace"; doesn't print out anything. How do I
get it print out the file list all the time.

You may want to try:

$inFolder =~ s/ /\\ /g;

Or, probably safer, use opendir() and readdir() instead.
 

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