use strict; use warnings; my ($xlink,@xlinkpaths); my $stream = "streamname"; my @xlinks = (`cmd to get xlinks`) ; foreach $xlink (@xlinks) { @xlinkpaths = } my @exclpaths = ( "wefwfewf/fewfff/", "btrtbrtb/gbrgbrg/rttty/", ); #### incl -s streamname /./abc/def xlink /./abc/def from streamname incl -s streamname /./xyz/qwen/defs/asd xlink /./xyzz/qwen/defs/asd from streamname #### @xlinkpaths = ( "abc/def/", "xyzz/qwen/defs/asd", ); #### my @exclpaths = ( "abc/def/", "xyzz/qwen/defs/asd", "wefwfewf/fewfff/", "btrtbrtb/gbrgbrg/rttty/", );