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Basic problem

Hello Friends,

I am learning Perl now. I have a small query.

I have a directory Z with file name Z.txt.
I would like to copy this file Z.txt to 3 new dir with new filenames as follows
dir 1 1.txt
dir 2 2.txt
dir 3 3.txt

I would like to then open 1.txt from dir 1 and edit the first 4 lines and it
would be better if the program can ask me what to enter in these lines. I need to do the same for all the directories.

For eg: I have a line as follows.
x y Z
10 11 12

Th program should ask me what to enter for Y value. So when the program asks, Igive it a new value.

I have tried the following and I guess there is a much shorter way to do this

#!/usr/bin/perl
open FILE, "z.txt" or die $!;
while (<FILE>) {
print $_;
}
mkdir("1", 0777) || print $!;
copy("z.txt","1.txt") or die "Copy failed: $!";
move("1.txt","/home/privat/temp/PerlWD/1");
mkdir("2", 0777) || print $!;
copy("z.txt","2.txt") or die "Copy failed: $!";
move("2.txt","/home/privat/temp/PerlWD/2");
mkdir("3", 0777) || print $!;
copy("z.txt","3.txt") or die "Copy failed: $!";
move("3.txt","/home/privat/temp/PerlWD/3");
print " -Done";
exit;

I am not sure how to edit the file and then save it in the respective file name.

Looking forward to your response.

Regards,
Ramesh
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SCANDIR(3)								 1								SCANDIR(3)

scandir - List files and directories inside the specified path

SYNOPSIS
array scandir (string $directory, [int $sorting_order = SCANDIR_SORT_ASCENDING], [resource $context]) DESCRIPTION
Returns an array of files and directories from the $directory. PARAMETERS
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Returns an array of filenames on success, or FALSE on failure. If $directory is not a directory, then boolean FALSE is returned, and an error of level E_WARNING is generated. CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+ |Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ | 5.4.0 | | | | | | | $sorting_orderconstants were added. Any nonzero | | | value caused descending order in previous ver- | | | sions. So for all PHP versions, use 0 for ascend- | | | ing order, and 1 for descending order. An option | | | for SCANDIR_SORT_NONE behavior did not exist | | | prior to PHP 5.4.0. | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ EXAMPLES
Example #1 A simple scandir(3) example <?php $dir = '/tmp'; $files1 = scandir($dir); $files2 = scandir($dir, 1); print_r($files1); print_r($files2); ?> The above example will output something similar to: Array ( [0] => . [1] => .. [2] => bar.php [3] => foo.txt [4] => somedir ) Array ( [0] => somedir [1] => foo.txt [2] => bar.php [3] => .. [4] => . ) Example #2 PHP 4 alternatives to scandir(3) <?php $dir = "/tmp"; $dh = opendir($dir); while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) { $files[] = $filename; } sort($files); print_r($files); rsort($files); print_r($files); ?> The above example will output something similar to: Array ( [0] => . [1] => .. [2] => bar.php [3] => foo.txt [4] => somedir ) Array ( [0] => somedir [1] => foo.txt [2] => bar.php [3] => .. [4] => . ) NOTES
Tip A URL can be used as a filename with this function if the fopen wrappers have been enabled. See fopen(3) for more details on how to specify the filename. See the "Supported Protocols and Wrappers" for links to information about what abilities the various wrappers have, notes on their usage, and information on any predefined variables they may provide. SEE ALSO
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