#! /usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use File::Find; my @hits = (); my $hit_lim = shift || 20; find( sub { if( scalar @hits >= $hit_lim ) { $File::Find::prune = 1; return; } elsif( -d $_ ) { return; } push @hits, $File::Find::name; }, shift || '.' ); $, = "\n"; print @hits, "\n";