c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my @files = qw(xxx 1st_CF_xx CF__ 2nd_CF_yy CF); ;; my $n_CF_ = my ($first_CF_) = grep /_CF_/, @files; ;; print qq{number of _CF_ files: $n_CF_}; if ($n_CF_ == 1) { print qq{just one: '$first_CF_'}; } " number of _CF_ files: 2 c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my @files = qw(xxx 1st_CF_xx CF__ CF); ;; my $n_CF_ = my ($first_CF_) = grep /_CF_/, @files; ;; print qq{number of _CF_ files: $n_CF_}; if ($n_CF_ == 1) { print qq{just one: '$first_CF_'}; } " number of _CF_ files: 1 just one: '1st_CF_xx' c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my @files = qw(xxx yyy zzz); ;; my $n_CF_ = my ($first_CF_) = grep /_CF_/, @files; ;; print qq{number of _CF_ files: $n_CF_}; if ($n_CF_ == 1) { print qq{just one: '$first_CF_'}; } " number of _CF_ files: 0