>>>>> "Gustav" == Gustav Wiberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Gustav> This seems totally meaningless, but what would $list = glob('*.txt')
return?
Now is the time I will start to quote the manpage at you:
$ perldoc -tf glob
glob EXPR
glob In list context, returns a (possibly empty) list of filename
expansions on the value of EXPR such as the standard Unix shell
/bin/csh would do. In scalar context, glob iterates through such
filename expansions, returning undef when the list is exhausted.
This is the internal function implementing the "<*.c>" operator,
but you can use it directly. If EXPR is omitted, $_ is used. The
"<*.c>" operator is discussed in more detail in "I/O Operators"
in perlop.
Beginning with v5.6.0, this operator is implemented using the
standard "File::Glob" extension. See File::Glob for details.
See the sentence "in scalar context"? What part of that is unclear?
Please learn to read the manual. If you have *questions* about the
manual, or can't *find* it in the manual, that's fair game for this
list. But I don't think you will make many friends asking us to quote
the manual for you.
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