Then split will break. You'd have to go with substr (which would be platform-dependent) or change the ls pipe from 'ls -l' to 'ls -1'. *shrugs*
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Just curious, how is substr platform-dependent? And how is ls not platfrom-dependent?
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The output of 'ls -l' is dependent on which *nix you're using. Hence, the index into substr will change depending on the *nix you run on. 'ls -l' is actually not as platform-dependent as you think. It runs on Win2003Pro ...
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