Re: using File::Find for reading files in order

[ysth]

Use preprocess to tell find what order to process each directory in (untested):

find( {
        preprocess => sub { sort { $a <=> $b || $a cmp $b } @_ },
        wanted => sub { next if /^\.+$/...}
    },
    $dir
);

[grinder]

Either that, or if there are many files that will be skipped by the regexp, sort the results just before returning them.

   return sort {$a <=> $b} @messages;

[Ashes.cfg]

Tht worked wonders.. Thanks a lot ysth. I think I would be more on perlmonks in coming months, since I might have to script a lot in coming weeks