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Sorting/comparing like filenames
Guys I just wanted to say thanks. As a very green perl person, your examples have helped me very much. I am still very green, but a convert for sure. This forum and you help is a godsend, I promise not to abuse the support. Again thanks a bunch... a round of stars for you all... -
Sorting/comparing like filenames
Thanks Kirsle for giving me a foundation to start from. I will test your examples and hopefully build on this. My goal is to remove (unlink) the old versions of each file from the directory. Back to my "perl for dummies" books.... -
Sorting/comparing like filenames
Help (please)... I am a very green newbie with perl but here is what I am trying to do. I have a directory with many many files of the format; xxxxxxxx-01.ext xxxxxxxx-03.ext yyyyyyyy-23.ext yyyyyyyy-24.ext aaaaaaaa-01.ext aaaaaaaa-09.ext...
