HI, Everyone:

I have question regarding to the PERL code. The task is open a tons of
files one by one according to the serial number order and process the
context in these files.However the file should be specified by the
serial number and site name.

The name of file  has structure like that:
serial number. site name . * .like :

0.site1.1.23.txt.rd.ed
1.site1.2.23.txt.rd.ed
3.site1.3.24.txt.rd.ed

which means only one column "site1" is same, so my question is can I
write following code to open them ?

open myfile,"$serial.$site.*.ed" or die "Could not open file
$serial.$site for reading/n";

Can I use * in the open file function? I tried, but fail. I do not know
why, how to relize the function?

thanks for any comments

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On 2005-08-30, yezi <ye_line@hotmail.com> wrote:
> HI, Everyone:
>
> I have question regarding to the PERL code. The task is open a tons of
> files one by one according to the serial number order and process the
> context in these files.However the file should be specified by the
> serial number and site name.
>
> The name of file  has structure like that:
> serial number. site name . * .like :
>
> 0.site1.1.23.txt.rd.ed
> 1.site1.2.23.txt.rd.ed
> 3.site1.3.24.txt.rd.ed
>
> which means only one column "site1" is same, so my question is can I
> write following code to open them ?
>
> open myfile,"$serial.$site.*.ed" or die "Could not open file
> $serial.$site for reading/n";
>
> Can I use * in the open file function? I tried, but fail. I do not know
> why, how to relize the function?
>
> thanks for any comments
>

Use the glob command.

$ perldoc -f glob

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In article <H11Re.20835$1g2.20562@fe05.lga>,
Mike <mikee@mikee.ath.cx> writes:
> On 2005-08-30, yezi <ye_line@hotmail.com> wrote: 
>
> Use the glob command.
>
> $ perldoc -f glob

I'd also suggest "subscribing" to comp.lang.perl.misc or
comp.lang.perl.moderated.  Both are inhabited by experienced PERL users who
are, for the most part, happy to answer questions about their favorite langu
age.

Bob Melson

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