use strict; use warnings; my( $xlink,@xlinkpaths ); my $stream = streamname; my @xlinks = (`cmd to get xlinks`) ; foreach $xlink (@xlinks) { push @xlinkpaths, $xlink =~ m{incl -s streamname /./(.+)}; } my @exclpaths = ( "wefwfewf/fewfff/", "btrtbrtb/gbrgbrg/rttty/", ); unshift @exclpaths, @xlinkpaths;