use strict; use warnings; use File::stat; use lib "c:/strawberry/perl/site/lib"; my $files_dir = 'E:\research\audit fee models\filings\test'; my $write_dir = 'E:\research\audit fee models\filings\filenames\Exhibit21.txt'; open my $FH_OUT, '>>',$write_dir or die "Can't open file $write_dir >:$!>"; opendir(my $dir_handle, $files_dir) or die "Can't open directory $!"; my $file_count = 0; while (my $filename = readdir($dir_handle)){ next unless -f $files_dir.'/'.$filename; print "Processing $filename\n"; my $line_count=0; my $access_num=""; my $cik=-99; my $name=""; my $stuff=""; my $line=""; my $htm =""; open my $FH_IN, '<',$files_dir.'/'.$filename or die "Can't open $filename <:$!>"; use Cwd; print getcwd(), "\n"; $/=""; while (my $doc = <$FH_IN>){ if ($doc =~ m/^\s*(.*?)(ex21)/igm ){ $htm=join('',$1,$2); print $htm; print $FH_OUT "$htm\n"; } } close $FH_IN; } close($FH_OUT);