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<node id="1008084" title="Re: How can a user specify a input folder" created="2012-12-10 05:43:51" updated="2012-12-10 05:43:51">
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CountZero</author>
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[module://File::Find::Rule]'s &lt;c&gt;start&lt;/c&gt; and &lt;c&gt;match&lt;/c&gt; methods can be used to iterate over all files in a directory or list of directories. Within the &lt;c&gt;while&lt;/c&gt; loop you can then process each file found.&lt;!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;CountZero&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity."&lt;/i&gt; - [http://www.canonical.org/~kragen/tao-of-programming.html|The Tao of Programming], 4.1 - Geoffrey James&lt;/p&gt;My blog: [http://imperialdeltronics.wordpress.com|Imperial Deltronics]
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