use 5.16.2; use threads; use Thread::Queue; my @serverList = qw(one two three four five six); my $serverQueue = Thread::Queue->new( @serverList ); $serverQueue->end; my @threads = map { threads->new( \&worker ) } 1..4; $_->join for @threads; say 'Back to main - Finished!'; sub worker { my $tid = threads->tid; while ( my $server = $serverQueue->dequeue_nb ) { say "I'm thread ID $tid and I'm processing server $server to copy a whole bunch of files"; sleep 1; } say "Thread ID $tid finished"; }