capturing from path

[amoura]

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[Fastolfe]

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[Aristotle]

Hiya.

Your question is rather unclear - do you want to store the files' contents' in the variables or just the filenames?

In either case you will need readdir. In case you want to read the files, you will also need open and close as well as the <FILEHANDLE> operator.

Once you explain yourself more clearly, we can provide more specific answers as well.

Makeshifts last the longest.

[Fastolfe]

To break a path up into directory and file components, you can either split on the / character, or for a more portable solution, use File::Spec's splitpath and splitdir functions.