use strict; my @dirA; @dirA = `dir \\\\rancaajelloxp\\c\$`; print @dirA; print "\n\n"; my @dirB; `dir \\\\rancaajelloxp\\c\$ > dir.txt`; open DIRB, 'dir.txt'; for (){ push @dirB, $_; } close DIRB; print @dirB;