use utf8::all; # Comment out for Windows use Unicode::Collate; # No argument: current directory; com. line accepts dir. name. my $dir = ($ARGV[0] ? shift : '.'); opendir(my $dh, $dir) or die "\n\tCannot open directory : $!\n"; my @list = grep {!/^[\.]{1,2}$/} readdir $dh; #^ skips '.' and '..' print "$_\n" for @list; print "\tEnd unsorted\n\n"; my $collator = Unicode::Collate->new(level => 1); my @entries = $collator->sort(@list); print "$_\n" for (@entries); print "\tEnd sorted\n\n";