#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
opendir(DIR,".") or die "Couldn't open $!";
our @names = readdir(DIR) or die "Couldn't open $!";
closedir(DIR);
foreach my $name (@names){
if ($name =~ /avi$/) {
my $var = $name;
$var =~ s/\s/\\ /;
$var =~ s/\[
First, your regext could be
$var =~ s/[\s\[\]]/\\$1/g;
Next, you should use two arguments style "system" calls:
system("/usr/local/bin/programm", args);
Third, you have to analyze a return code of a "system" command:
my $status = system(...);
print "Error [errno = $status]\n" if($status);
Saurabh
Saurabh Singhvi wrote:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
opendir(DIR,".") or die "Couldn't open $!";
our @names = readdir(DIR) or die "Couldn't open $!";
closedir(DIR);
foreach my $name (@names){
if ($name =~ /avi$/) {
my $var = $name;
$var =~ s/\s/\\ /;
