Shawn,
Yours will print the content of each file... while mine will list only their
names.
Emeka
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 11-07-31 04:52 PM, Emeka wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>>
>> I wanted to do this ...
>>
>> while(<*.pl>){
>> print $_;
>> }
>>
>>
>> I got "BEGIN failed--compilation"
>>
>> Am I using something that is old?
>>
>
> Try:
>
> {
> local @ARGV = glob( '*.pl' );
> while( <> ){
> print $_;
> }
> }
>
> See:
> perldoc -f glob
> perldoc -f local
> perldoc perlvar and search for /\@ARGV/
>
>
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