use utf8; my $image_name = 'Screenshot-2024-02-23-at-1.05.14\xE2\x80\xAF'; my $files = $wac->get_all_files_in_dir($dir . '/uploads', qr/$image_name/); #### use utf8; my $image_name = 'Screenshot-2024-02-23-at-1.05.14\s'; my $files = $wac->get_all_files_in_dir($dir . '/uploads', qr/$image_name/);