$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -le ' my @files = glob "/mmk1/rdd/load/file.txt"; print "@files"; ' /mmk1/rdd/load/file.txt #### push @INC, \&get_remote_module; sub get_remote_module { my ($coderef, $filename) = @_; open my $module_fh, '-|', "<$filename transfer command>" or die "mesg: $!"; return $module_fh; }