my @suits = ("hearts","clubs","spades","diamonds"); #### my @suits = qw(hearts clubs spades diamonds); #### use strict; use warnings; # Set @files to the result of doing something like # "ls -1" in Linux, or DIR/b in Windows (DOS) # my @files = qw( a.txt b.txt c.txt d.txt e.txt f.txt ); foreach (@files) { do_something_with_this_file($_); }