If I have a need to process all of the files in a directory tree, I use
find2perl to generate a template. If you are familiar with the *ix
find command, there are several options you can use to your advantage, but I usually stick to
find2perl / -type f -print > template.pl . You can substitute any starting directory instead of / to suit, and the
-type f will limit the code to files.
You should end up with this subroutine:
sub wanted {
my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid);
(($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid) = lstat($_)) &&
-f _ &&
print("$name\n");
}
I replace the print("$name\n") with my code that performs an action on every file.
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