Unless the OP needs the entire list of "tens of millions of files", I'd suggest not using File::Find::Rule, and I'd instead suggest an iterator or callback based routine (like File::Find). If you can process files one at a time, there's no need to build such a huge list. | [reply] |
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I don't follow you. File::Find::Rule does not simply return every file (although it can). You can instruct it what to return based on type, size, name, and even make a determination via a custom sub. You can have the sub perform actions and ignore the larger return value, or iterate with the start and match methods.
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Read the OP. I didn't say FFR has to return the entire list, the OP says the entire list needs to be processed. So, in this case, FFR would return the entire list of files.
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