Rob Dixon wrote: > Mathew Snyder wrote: >> Rob Dixon wrote: >>> Mathew wrote: >>>> I have a file with a list of subfolders. The list was created using >>>> dir >>>> and each entry is like thus: >>>> >>>> 12/12/2005 04:38 AM <DIR> A Perfect Circle >>>> >>>> I then created a simple script that I hoped would eliminate everything >>>> prior to the last bit of text which follows the big space. >>> [snip] >>> >>> Hi Mathew. >>> >>> First of all, look at the output of >>> >>> dir /ad /b "H:\My Music" >>> >>> and see if it isn't closer to what you want! >> >> For a minute I thought you were snooping around my box ;) > > Well actually, when I saw you had some APC stuff... ;) > >> Actually, that is what I used to create the list of directories >> first. It is >> what gave me the long output that I listed earlier. > > I don't think it is. Look more closely at the qualifiers I've used. You > won't > get the output you've shown with /b. It's far better to get the data > right in > the first place than use the wrong stuff and fix it. > > Rob > >
Ahh...you are correct yet again :) I used dir /a /-p /o:gen Thanks Mathew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
