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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Opening File names with spaces inside it !- PERL Post 302434801 by gameboy87 on Monday 5th of July 2010 07:30:57 AM
Old 07-05-2010
Opening File names with spaces inside it !- PERL
I developed a perl code..And the excerpt from it is given below...


Code:
open(HANDLE,$cmp_path) ; #reading the xml file from the file path
           while($file_path = <HANDLE>)


I have list of XML files to read from a folder. It has some spaces inside the name of the file...I used "\" to escape the space in it. But it is not reading inside the file...When i try to print the XML file in the screen,and open manually, I can open it ! What may be the problem of not opening the XML file in the code even though it is escaped ?

Code:
if($cmp_path =~ m/\s+/g)#check for space
         {
          $cmp_path =~ s/\s+/\\ /g;#replace space by slash
         }
         if($cmp_path =~ m/\&/g)#to check for &
         {
          $cmp_path = s/\&/\ /g;#replace & by \ to open directory
         }

The above code is used to check whether it has space in its name..

My XML may be like the one

Before escaping:

Code:
"werwdfeioutyh rew425-fddf 3425.xml"

After escaping:

Code:
werwdfeioutyh\ rew425-fddf\ 3425.xml

Can you please help me in correcting the perl code i am written?
Last edited by Scott; 07-05-2010 at 08:48 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
 

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