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Re: File::Find: Return array of "wanted" files

by keszler (Priest)
on Oct 04, 2013 at 07:44 UTC ( [id://1056848]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to File::Find: Return array of "wanted" files

Because File::Find's "wanted function" does not return the file names, the array that will hold the matching files needs to be in scope, e.g. a package or global variable.

Note: File::Find's find function takes an array as its 2nd parameter, so foreach (@dirs) isn't needed.

use strict; use warnings; use File::Find; my @files; my @dirs = qw(/some /list /of /dirs); sub findstuff { my $file = $File::Find::name; return unless -f "$file"; if (grep { /regex/ } "$file") { print "Found regex in $file\n"; push @files, $file; } } find(\&findstuff, @dirs); print "Results:\n@files\n";
Update: Interesting: I interpreted the OP's if (fgrep { /regex/ } "$file") as a typo (fgrep vs grep) for a check for a regex in the filename. choroba's response below makes better sense of that.

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