in reply to quickest way to find number of files in a directory?
Depending on the amount of the files you're talking about, maybe File::Find::Rule fit your needs:
use strict; use warnings; use File::Find::Rule; my @files = File::Find::Rule->file()->in('/my/path'); print scalar @files, $/;
Igor 'izut' Sutton
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