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What Perl glob expression matches all the files that look like /home/test-N.txt?

I am a beginner to Perl syntax and have a basic wildcard question. I am looking for an expression that would allow me to retrieve all of the following files.

/home/test-1.txt  
/home/test-2.txt  
/home/test-3.txt

I am just interested in the actual wildcard expression, not the file I/O.

Solution

  • </home/test-*.txt> should glob the files you need.

    glob("/home/test-*.txt") does the same thing.

    Here's a short globbing tutorial.