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    <p>What I'm trying to do is create a folder at a designated location and then name that folder with the date and the users initials. I want the user to be able to input the initials when creating the folder. I have figured out how to generate the date in the correct format but I need to figure out how to add the user input $initials together so that the folder name is something like this "130506SS". I can't figure out how to join these two variables together to get the correct folder name. Can anyone help me figure this out? </p> <pre><code> use strict ; use warnings ; use POSIX qw(strftime); my $mydate = strftime("%y%m%d",localtime(time)); #puts the year month date and time in the correct format for the folder name print "Enter users initials: "; my $initials = &lt;STDIN&gt;; # prompts for user input #$mydate.= "SS"; #stores today's date and the initials $mydate.= $initials; sub capture { my $directory = '/test/' . $mydate; unless(mkdir($directory, 0777)) { die "Unable to create $directory\n"; } } capture(); #creates the capture folder sub output { my $directory = '/test2/' . $mydate; unless(mkdir($directory, 0777)) { die "Unable to create $directory\n"; } } output(); #creates the output folder </code></pre> <p>Edit: The entire portion of the above script works except where I'm trying to join the two variable to create the folder name. ($mydate.= $initials;) I've tested it with ($mydate.= "SS";) instead and the script works perfectly. I can manage to join the variable $mydate and a string but not $initials. </p>
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