Re: If statements with . and .. filehandles.

[tune]

Or use the mighty regexp solution.

print "$file\n" if $file !~ /^\.{1,2}$/;

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tune

[dsheroh]

Correction:

print "$file\n" if $file !~ /\A\.{1,2}\Z/;

Using ^ and $ would also match files named .\n or ..\n.