#/bin/perl/ use strict; use warnings; my @emptyfiles; #my $emptyfile =~ m/(\d+)/; #push (@emptyfiles, $emptyfile); my $digit; my $emptyname; foreach (@emptyfiles) { /(\d+)/; $emptyname = $digit; if (-z "$emptyname") { print "found empty file $emptyname \n"; } }