Howdy:
I'm trying to find the best solution for breaking
out of a loop when editing a list of files.
I have a script that:
* gets a list of files
* opens the files with a 'foreach $f(@list)'
* does a 'while <> { ... } close (FILE)'
The script works, but if I run it, it loops
continually and ed
Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote:
> You can do this without opendir(), and without grep() or the for loop.
>
> {
> local $^I = ".bak";
> local @ARGV = glob "$directory/*.txt";
> while (<>) {
> s/foo/bar/g;
> print;
> }
> }
>
> Ta da!
>
Score one for Japhy!
This is the fi
On Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 01:57 PM, R. Joseph Newton wrote:
This is the first time I have seen the diamond or in-place editing
operator
used well. Usually I blanch when I see them--the diamond conjures up
the
image of some poor shmuck typing in lists of filenames at the
command-line
Perldoc -f last
Perldoc -f next
-Original Message-
From: Johnson, Shaunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 4:22 PM
To: perl beginners
Subject: breaking the loop
Howdy:
I'm trying to find the best solution for breaking
out of a loop when editing a li
On Sep 16, Johnson, Shaunn said:
>* gets a list of files
>* opens the files with a 'foreach $f(@list)'
>* does a 'while <> { ... } close (FILE)'
>
>The script works, but if I run it, it loops
>continually and edits (then re-edits) the files.
>I think I could use a lock file to do until I
>get a pa
Shaunn Johnson wrote:
>
> Howdy:
Hello,
> I'm trying to find the best solution for breaking
> out of a loop when editing a list of files.
>
> I have a script that:
>
> * gets a list of files
> * opens the files with a 'foreach $f(@list)'
> * does a 'while <> { ... } close (FILE)'
>
> The scri
