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| author | Paul Fenwick <pjf@perltraining.com.au> | 2008-06-26 21:41:45 +1000 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2008-06-26 07:57:35 +0000 |
| commit | 5c0c92498b6ba0a383a35500e079d57433a354d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 3d3c4015dc180ae7ff419a8fa6326d08c9151811 /pod | |
| parent | a3ed38f29b0cc1154e71db6c6dc72ea84c7f4cce (diff) | |
| download | perl-5c0c92498b6ba0a383a35500e079d57433a354d4.tar.gz | |
Re: [perl #56348] [PATCH] glob() with spaces - documentation unclear
Message-ID: <4862F3D9.5010105@perltraining.com.au>
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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 840ddbcc00..e5518afdd7 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -2348,8 +2348,14 @@ implementing the C<< <*.c> >> operator, but you can use it directly. If EXPR is omitted, C<$_> is used. The C<< <*.c> >> operator is discussed in more detail in L<perlop/"I/O Operators">. +Note that C<glob> will split its arguments on whitespace, treating +each segment as separate pattern. As such, C<glob('*.c *.h')> would +match all files with a F<.c> or F<.h> extension. The expression +C<glob('.* *')> would match all files in the current working directory. + Beginning with v5.6.0, this operator is implemented using the standard -C<File::Glob> extension. See L<File::Glob> for details. +C<File::Glob> extension. See L<File::Glob> for details, including +C<bsd_glob> which does not treat whitespace as a pattern separator. =item gmtime EXPR X<gmtime> X<UTC> X<Greenwich> |