P:\test\xxx>dir /b
test.test.X
test.test.XX
test.test.XXX
test.test.XXXX
test.test.XXXXX
test.X
test.XX
test.XXX
test.XXXX
test.XXXXX

##</code><code>##

test.X
test.XX
test.XXX
test.XXXX
test.XXXXX

##</code><code>##

$filespec =~ s/(^[<>+|\s]+) | ([<>+|\s]+$)//;