execution problem if dir name has space in it's name

namishtiwari has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, My Script is working fine when i put a '.' for the currect directory. But when i give a directory name which has space between it, it does not run it and did not show the files inside the directory. I am pasting piece of my code

$glob_path = "$LogDir/${Prefix}*";
@log_paths = glob $glob_path or die "No files found in '$glob_path'";
printf "log files = \n";
print @log_paths;
printf "\n";
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I am running the program as-

C:\Perl Script>perl summaryreport_latest_working_latest.pl --LogDir="C
+:\\Perl Script\\Sample Programs" --Prefix=arcotwebfort --Diagnostics=
+01096878 > results.txt
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i got this as output

LOG DIR = C:\\Perl Script\\Sample Programs
log files = 
C:\PerlScript\Sample
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the actual folder name from where i need to take the file is-- <quote> C:\Perl Script\Sample Programs </quote> inside this directory we have so many files with prefix arcotwebfort. Kindly suggest something to come out of this problem. Thanks NT

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Re: execution problem if dir name has space in it's name by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 08, 2009 at 14:39 UTC
glob is stupid about spaces in filenames. You want to use File::Glob and the `bsd_glob` routine from it.	[reply] [d/l]
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Re: execution problem if dir name has space in it's name by arc_of_descent (Hermit) on Jul 08, 2009 at 14:47 UTC
You're probably looking for this `$glob_path = qq("$LogDir/${Prefix}*");` [download] Enclose the directory name in double quotes -- Rohan	[reply] [d/l]
Re: execution problem if dir name has space in it's name by raisputin (Scribe) on Jul 08, 2009 at 20:29 UTC
How about take the spaces out of the directory names :) That is a very simple fix :) LOL	[reply]


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