[Pdx-pm] recursive IO::Dir alternatives

Bruce Keeler bruce at drangle.com
Fri Feb 19 09:57:26 PST 2010


On 2/18/2010 1:24 PM, Joshua Keroes wrote:
> I've used File::Find::Rule with success. That said, I like 
> File::Next's nice clean interface.
>
> Completely OT: zsh has a builtin globbing operator, **, that means 
> "this directory and below". For example,
>
>   find . -name "file*" -print
>
> would look like the following in zsh land:
>
>   ls **/file*
>
> And any command works on the file lists, ls is just the tip of the 
> iceberg. I <3 my new shell.
>

Welcome to the zsh fan club; I've been a member since '91! I've no idea 
why the world is all hung up on the vastly inferior bash.


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