package r;
use strict;

tie @ARGV, 'r::Tie::RecursiveARGVArray', @ARGV;

sub import { }

package r::Tie::RecursiveARGVArray;
use Tie::Array;
use base 'Tie::Array';
use File::Spec;

sub TIEARRAY {
        my ($classname,@init) = @_;
        bless [@init], $classname;
}

sub FETCH {
        my ($self, $index) = @_;
        $self->_ReplaceDirs($index,$index);
        $self->[$index];
}

sub FETCHSIZE {
        my ($self) = @_;
        scalar @$self;
}

sub STORE {
        my ($self, $index, $value) = @_;
        $self->[$index] = $value;
}

sub STORESIZE {
        my ($self, $count) = @_;
        $#$self = $count - 1;
}

sub SPLICE {
        my ($self,$offset,$length,@list) = @_;
        $self->_ReplaceDirs($offset,$offset+$length-1);
        splice(@$self,$offset,$length,@list);
}

sub POP {
        my ($self,$item) = @_;
        $self->_ReplaceDirs(-1,-1);
        pop(@$self);
}

sub _ReplaceDirs {
        my ($self, $fromindex, $toindex) = @_;

        # as long as the index range contains directories, substitute 
+the directory contents
        my $recursionguard = 0;
        while (my @indices = grep { -d $self->[$_] } ($fromindex..$toi
+ndex) and $recursionguard++ < 10000) {
                my $index = $indices[0];

                opendir DIR, $self->[$index] or do {
                        warn "Cannot traverse directory $self->[$index
+]: $!\n";
                        splice(@$self, $index, 1, ()); # remove the ba
+d-apple
                        next;
                };
                my @contents = readdir DIR or do {
                        warn "Cannot read directory $self->[$index]: $
+!\n";
                        splice(@$self, $index, 1, ()); # remove the ba
+d-apple
                        closedir DIR or warn "Cannot close directory $
+self->[$index] (weird): $!\n";
                        next;
                };
                closedir DIR or warn "Cannot close directory $self->[$
+index] (weird): $!\n";

                # if there is any portable way to do this... I'd like 
+to hear it!
                @contents = grep !/^\.{1,2}$/, @contents;

                # convert directory contents to paths by prepending th
+e directory.
                # even be super nice about using catfile or catdir, ap
+propriately
                @contents = map {
                        my $asfile = File::Spec->catfile( $self->[$ind
+ex], $_ );
                        -f $asfile ? $asfile : File::Spec->catdir( $se
+lf->[$index], $_ );
                } @contents;

                # replace directory with its contents
                splice(@$self, $index, 1, @contents);
        }
}

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[me@host]$ cat `find d* -type f` | wc -l  
  58040
[me@host]$ perl -mr -lne '$x++; END{print $x}' d*
58040
[me@host]$
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