Directory location from scalar

[ecuguru]

#Works
my @allfiles = </test/*.txt>;
foreach my $item (@allfiles) {

#Fails
my $dir = '/test/*.txt';
my @allfiles = <$dir>;
foreach my $item (@allfiles) {

$dir correctly prints out /test/*.*
My For Each loop will fail if I try to assign allfiles to a scalar.
My for Each loop works great if I hard code the directory location.

Any idea how to pass a scalar as a directory, rather than hard coding?
Thanks!

disclaimer: I could have sworn that I posted this last week, and it's not here. So if I posted this as anon, I can't find it. If someone saw this and can point to the solution, many many thanks.

[Zaxo]

I could have sworn that I posted this last week, . . .

You did, Pass variable as Directory.

The <> form of wildcard expansion has semantic weaknesses, taking $dir as a reference to a filehandle. Use glob instead. my @allfiles = glob $dir;

[sk]

I guess you are looking for this node - Pass variable as Directory

cheers

SK

[Roger]

Or you could use the module File::Find. Which I consider to be more handy than glob's or <>.