#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use FileHandle; my $localdir="C:\\PROJECTS\\"; my $id="LWX1"; opendir LOCALDIR, "$localdir"; my @local_files = grep /^$id/i, readdir LOCALDIR; ###my guess fr both would be this: (doesn't work) ###where "_arbv_" is the 2nd string that must be matched #my @local_files = grep /^$id&&_arbv_/i, readdir LOCALDIR; closedir LOCALDIR; ##determine which files to download foreach my $local (@local_files) { print "$local\n"; }