$ ls -1 /tmp/test/ other.txt test10.txt test1.txt test2.txt test3.txt #### $ perl find_files.pl test*.txt #### $ perl find_files.pl 'test.*\.txt' wildcard is test.*\.txt /tmp/test/test10.txt /tmp/test/test3.txt /tmp/test/test2.txt /tmp/test/test1.txt
## $ perl find_files.pl test*.txt ##
## $ perl find_files.pl 'test.*\.txt' wildcard is test.*\.txt /tmp/test/test10.txt /tmp/test/test3.txt /tmp/test/test2.txt /tmp/test/test1.txt