The glob
function will allow you to retrieve a list of files names that match a certain pattern. If you load that list into @ARGV
, then you can process all the files–even in order with a single loop:
use strict;
use warnings;
use Getopt::Long;
sub usage ($) {
my $msg = shift;
die <<"END_MSG";
*** $msg
Usage: $0 --month=nn --year=nn PATH
END_MSG
}
GetOptions( 'month=i' => \my $month, 'year=i' => \my $year );
usage "Month not specified!" unless $month;
usage "Year not specified!" unless $year;
usage "Invalid month specified: $month" unless $month > 0 and $month < 13;
usage "Invalid year specified: $year" unless $year > 0;
my $directory_path = shift;
die "'$directory_path' does not exist!" unless -d $directory_path;
@ARGV = sort glob( sprintf( "$directory_path/t.log.%02d??%02d", $month, $year ));
while ( <> ) { # process all files
...
}
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