Reading file from other directory

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sara1612 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

i am unable read content of file from other dirdectory

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Re: Reading file from other directory by Discipulus (Canon) on Dec 30, 2019 at 12:00 UTC
Hello sara1612 and welcome to the monastery and to wonderful world of Perl! Remember to show always what are you trying before asking (so short) questions: clear questions and runnable code get best answers is on of our mottos. Generally to read from file in other than current directory you need to specify a full path or a relative, correct one: see `Cwd` and File::Spec Show us more to get more help back! L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Reading file from other directory by davido (Cardinal) on Dec 30, 2019 at 16:17 UTC
What did you try? The way your brief question is worded leaves the impression that you assume there is only one obvious answer. But the fact is there are numerous ways to read a file from some other directory, and in fact, numerous meanings of "other directory." The guessing game is inefficient. So please ask a complete question. Dave	[reply]
Re: Reading file from other directory by soonix (Canon) on Dec 31, 2019 at 16:13 UTC
Hello sara1612, perhaps it will help, if you understand what absolute and relative paths are. You are probably referring to the files simply by their name, which is (the most common form of) a "relative path". If you use "full" paths, you can access them regardless of your current working directory.	[reply]
Re: Reading file from other directory by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Dec 30, 2019 at 22:57 UTC
sara1612: Further to Discipulus's point about showing with runnable code what you are trying, please see the Short, Self-Contained, Correct Example article. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Reading file from other directory by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Dec 30, 2019 at 16:26 UTC
Too bad. See Path::Tiny for some inspiration. ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť `perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'`Help	[reply] [d/l]

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