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perl script to recursively list all filename in directory

I have written following perl script but problem is its always going in else part and reporting not a file. I do have files in the directory which I am giving in input. What am I doing wrong here? My requirement is to recursively visit every file in…
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How do I pass parameters to the File::Find subroutine that processes each file?

Using File::Find, how can I pass parameters to the function that processes each file? I have a Perl script that traverses directories in order to convert some 3-channel TIFF files to JPEG files (3 JPEG files per TIFF file). This works, but I would…
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When using Perl's File::Find what's a quick & easy way to limit search depth?

I want to be able to limit Perl's File::Find to a directory depth (below the specified search) to the specified directory and 1 & 2 subdirectories beneath it. I want to be able to enumerate the files at the same time, if this is possible. It must…
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Find all files containing the filename of specific date range on Terminal/Linux

I have a surveillance camera which is capturing image base on my given condition. The images are saved on my Linux. Image naming convention are given below- CAPTURE04.YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.jpg The directory contains the following files -…
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How can I pass a parameter to the wanted function when using Perl's File::Find?

Possible Duplicate: How do I pass parameters to the File::Find subroutine that processes each file? One can use Perl's File::Find module like this: find( \&wanted, @directories); How can we add a parameter to the wanted function? For example, I…
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File::Find::Rule and file separator

I am using File::Find::Rule on Strawberry Perl Windows. when I run the following code: @files = File::Find::Rule->file() ->in( $dir ); foreach my $file (@files){ …
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How can I break out of recursive find function once a specific file is found?

I'm using the File::Find module to traverse a directory tree. Once I find a specific file, I want to stop searching. How can I do that? find (\$processFile, $mydir); sub processFile() { if ($_ =~ /target/) { # How can I…
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How can I use File::Find to print files with the relative path only?

I am using File::Find in the code below to find the files from /home/user/data path. use File::Find; my $path = "/home/user/data"; chdir($path); my @files; find(\&d, "$path"); foreach my $file (@files) { print "$file\n"; } sub d { -f and -r and…
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Perl File::Find::Rule excluding directories from an array

I have a set of directories in an array as chdir /tmp; my @dir=("test" "abc" "def") I am looking for a way using File::Find::Rule to find all files in /tmp recursively, but excluding files from the ones in @dir. I could get all files from @dir by…
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How can I make Perl's File::Find faster?

I have a folder named Lib and I am using the File::Find module to search that folder in whole dir say, D:\. It's taking a long time to search, say even 5 mins if the drive has a lot of subdirectories. How can I search that Lib faster so it will be…
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Reading Files from Network Drives in Perl

I am working on a perl script which does a document inventory for pdfs in all directories starting from some root directory on our network. The script runs fine locally, but I can't get it to read files from the network drive. i have…
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Perl File::Find: First list all files in directory and then jump to next dir?

I want to (by using File::Find) first list all files in current directory, and after that jump to a subdirectory. Is it possible?
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Yii2: Finding file and getting path in a directory tree

I'm trying to search for a single filename in a bunch of directories and returning its path. I thought FileHelper::findFiles() would be a helping hand but it seems it doesn't accept a filename to search for but just a particular root directory and…
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Is there a cleaner way for File::Find to return a list of wanted files?

I find the design choice behind File::Find::find a little surprising. The examples I've come across all show find used in void context. The documentation also clarifies that the \&wanted coderef in find( \&wanted, @dirs ) is not meant to be a filter…
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File::Find::Rule::LibMagic: Is it ok to keep options with undefined values?

Is it OK to keep options with undefined values (in this case 'maxdepth')? #!/usr/bin/env perl use warnings; use 5.012; use File::Find::Rule::LibMagic qw(find); use Getopt::Long qw(GetOptions); my $max_depth; GetOptions ( 'max-depth=i' =>…
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