#!/usr/bin/perl -w opendir(TEST, "test") or die "Can't open dir\n"; @testfiles = readdir (TEST); closedir(TEST); foreach $testfiles(@testfiles){ open(FILE, "test/$testfiles") or die "can't open file"; while ($line = ){ if ($line =~ /mods=[0-9][0-9]/){ $line =~ s/mods=[0-9][0-9]//; printf FILE $line; }; } }