#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my @data_res = display(\@data); sub display { my @dirs = @_; foreach my $i (0 .. $#dirs) { print "$dirs->[$i] \n"; } #foreach my $i (@dirs) { #print "$i\n"; #} $VAR1 = [ '/dir/pages/books', '/dir/pages/books/2', '/dir/pages/books/2/77888k.txt', '/dir/pages/books/2/uhuhuhkk.txt', '/dir/pages/books/2/8877bg.txt', '/dir/pages/books/2/uuhu87777.txt', '/dir/pages/books/2/L', '/dir/pages/books/2/L/88uu8u.txt', '/dir/pages/books/2/L/88hhh.txt', '/dir/pages/books/2/L/uhuhuh.pdf', '/dir/pages/books/2/L/2611566_01_HA_20160819_2264063.txt', '/dir/pages/books/7', '/dir/pages/books/7/ijij8888.txt', '/dir/pages/books/7/555rf.txt', '/dir/pages/books/7/88uuhh.txt', '/dir/pages/books/7/88889kkk.txt' ];