sub test { my ($base_dir,$filenames_href) = @_; foreach my $filename (keys(%{$filenames_href})) { my $file_path = catfile($base_dir,$filename); # Could be file, dir, link, ... # TODO: Check if the $file_path is the latest I seen ? } return $latest_modified_file; } #### ls -la . -rw-r----- 1 user group 33659 Nov 3 14:49 a drwxr-x--- 3 user group 4096 May 3 2021 b drwxr-x--- 3 user group 4096 Dec 8 16:18 c -rwxr-x--x 1 user group 67 Apr 5 2021 e drwxr-x--- 4 user group 4096 Nov 1 15:29 f -rw-r----- 1 user group 798 Nov 15 17:00 g