#!/usr/bin/perl -w sub namedir { print "Enter the directory path you want to search: "; $dir = ; } sub dirme { if (! $dir){ &namedir; } print "\n\nFiles in $dir\n"; opendir(BIN, $dir) or die "Can't open $dir: $!"; while( defined ($file = readdir BIN) ) { # list files print "$file\n"; } closedir(BIN); } &dirme;