Help with creating a text file in perl with file creation date.
Hi,
I am quite new to Perl scripting and i need to create a .TXT file using perl, with fields (A,B,C,D,E), and this text file should be named with current file creation date "XYZ_CCYYMMDD.TXT" (i.e.XYZ_2011042514:33 PM).
Can anyone who has done this, please share their expertise on this one.
1) Logical step 1. How do I get the time in perl? I guess wildly and try perldoc -f time That returns it in seconds. A start.
2) Logical step 2. How can I convert that into something I can use? Well, the 'time' function documentation suggests the localtime function and perldoc -f localtime suggests the strftime function and the POSIX module and even gives examples. time isn't needed apparently since localtime calls it implicitly unless you give it otherwise. man strftime also tells you what strings strftime needs.
3) Logical step 3. How can I open a string as a filename? The same way you open any other filename. perldoc -f open
So you get
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use POSIX;
my $filename=strftime("filename_%y%M%d.TXT", localtime);
print "filename is $filename\n";
open(FILE, ">$filename") || die("Couldn't open file");
print FILE "hello world\n";
close(FILE);
exit(0);
I knew none of this by heart, I just followed the trail of instructions.
Last edited by Corona688; 04-25-2011 at 06:06 PM..
Reason: simplify out sprintf
We have a function in Perl called "Open" which creates a file.
I am trying to create the .TXT file in the specified directory.
I tried concatinating the Directory with the string.
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use POSIX;
#Directory where the text file will be created.
$directory = '/space/data';
if (!(-d "$directory")) { #check if directory exists - returns true if doesn't exist.
printf "No directory\n", $? >> 8;
exit (1); #exit because directory doesn't exist.
}
my $filename=strftime("filename_%y%M%d.TXT", localtime);
print "filename is $filename\n";
open($directory.">$filename") || die("Couldn't open file");
#open(FILE, ">$filename") || die("Couldn't open file");
print FILE "hello world\n";
close(FILE);
exit(0);
I am able to execute this script, but i am not getting the .TXT file been created in the folder '/space/data'.
Where am i going wrong? How can i create this .TXT file in the specified folder/directory?
1) Logical step 1. How do I get the time in perl? I guess wildly and try perldoc -f time That returns it in seconds. A start.
2) Logical step 2. How can I convert that into something I can use? Well, the 'time' function documentation suggests the localtime function and perldoc -f localtime suggests the strftime function and the POSIX module and even gives examples. time isn't needed apparently since localtime calls it implicitly unless you give it otherwise. man strftime also tells you what strings strftime needs.
3) Logical step 3. How can I open a string as a filename? The same way you open any other filename. perldoc -f open
So you get
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use POSIX;
my $filename=strftime("filename_%y%M%d.TXT", localtime);
print "filename is $filename\n";
open(FILE, ">$filename") || die("Couldn't open file");
print FILE "hello world\n";
close(FILE);
exit(0);
I knew none of this by heart, I just followed the trail of instructions.
Answer so detailed like this is really great.
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