Name
find
Synopsis
find (\&wanted
,dir1
[,dir2
...])
Works like the Unix find command;
traverses the specified directories, looking for files that match
the expressions or actions you specify in a subroutine called
wanted
, which you must define.
For example, to print out the names of all executable files, you
could define wanted
this
way:
sub wanted { print "$File::Find::name\n" if -x; }
Provides the following variables:
$File::Find::dir
Current directory name (
$_
has the current filename in that directory).$File::Find::name
Contains
$File::Find::dir/$_
. You are chdired to$File::Find::dir
whenfind
is called.$File::Find::prune
If true,
find
does not descend into any directories.$File::Find::dont_use_nlink
Set this variable if you’re using the Andrew File System (AFS).
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