Steven try this,

if (-e $dir)
{
   opendir (DIR, $dir) or print "serious dainbramage: $!\n";
   @certainFiles = grep { /\*\.exe/ }
                   readdir (DIR);
   closedir (DIR);
}
else
{
   print "$dir does not exist. Please check spelling\n";
   exit;
}


This should filter out your all the exe files and sort them.

Mike...


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  jedi@[...].net      Michael Bahr

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Wechsler, Steven wrote:

>  Can someone point me to a module that parses file name wild cards a la a
>  Unix shell
>  
>  e.g.
>  
>  *.exe becomes:
>  
>  a.exe
>  ab.exe
>  bc.exe
>  
>  etc.
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  Steve
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