glob() function in Perl is used to print the files present in a directory passed to it as an argument. This function can print all or the specific files whose extension has been passed to it.
Syntax: glob(Directory_name/File_type);
Parameter: path of the directory of which files are to be printed.
Returns: the list of files present in the given directory
Example 1: Printing names of all the files in the directory
#!/usr/bin/perl # To store the files # from the directory in the array @files = glob('C:/Users/GeeksForGeeks/Folder/*');
# Printing the created array print "@files\n";
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Output:
Above example will print all the files of the requested directory.
Example 2: Printing names of the specific files in the directory
#!/usr/bin/perl # To store the files of a specific extension # from the directory in the array @Array = glob('C:/Users/GeeksForGeeks/Folder/*.txt');
# Printing the created array print "@Array\n";
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Output:
Above example will print all the files of the requested directory that end with .txt extension.