On 8/19/06, I BioKid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
@a=`cat list`;
foreach $a(@a)
{
`mkdir $a`;
You don't have to use the shell's mkdir (in backticks); you can use Perl's mkdir function, if you first use chomp() to get rid of the newlines. Could the newlines be causing other troubles? Hope this helps! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
