use File::Find; my @files_found = find_files( 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Nimsoft/bin', [ qr/\.exe$/, qr/\.txt$/ ] ); print "$_\n" for @files_found; sub find_files { my( $start, $patterns_aref ) = @_; my @found; find( sub { if( -e && -f ) { for my $pattern ( @$patterns_aref ) { if( m/$pattern/ ) { push @found, $File::Find::name; last; # Matched, so we don't need to test other rules. } } } }, $start ); return @found; }