<snip> under each of these suddirs, I need all the eml files deleted but there
are thousands of them and the actual file name is "training 2001.eml" so my questions still remain, Can I have this search recursively down under all the pc#### subdir names? </snip> File::Find will do what you need. Google can help you find some good examples. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>