G'day ovedpo15,
"How can I use the system instead?"
With these paths:
ken@titan ~/tmp/pm_11145308_test_dir
$ ls -1 a/b/c/d/e
'f:i-:l;e'
'fi:l;e'
'f-i:l;e'
'f-i-:l;e'
fi:le
And this code (find_file_match.pl):
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my @data = (
'a/b/c/d/e/fi le',
'a/b/c/d/e/fi l e',
'a/b/c/d/e/f i l e',
'a/b/c/d/e/f i l e',
);
for my $datum (@data) {
print "\n*** Files matching '$datum':\n";
# $datum =~ y/ /?/; -- see update below
$datum =~ s/ /[\\;:,-]/g;
system("ls -1 $datum");
}
You get this output:
ken@titan ~/tmp/pm_11145308_test_dir
$ ./find_file_match.pl
*** Files matching 'a/b/c/d/e/fi le':
a/b/c/d/e/fi:le
*** Files matching 'a/b/c/d/e/fi l e':
'a/b/c/d/e/fi:l;e'
*** Files matching 'a/b/c/d/e/f i l e':
'a/b/c/d/e/f-i:l;e'
*** Files matching 'a/b/c/d/e/f i l e':
'a/b/c/d/e/f:i-:l;e'
'a/b/c/d/e/f-i-:l;e'
Update:
See ++LanX' valid comment regarding the inherent bug in the code I posted above.
Changing y/ /?/ to s/ /[\\;:,-]/g fixes this.
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