use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $path = 'C:\\junk\\*'; my @angle_files1 = < $path >; my @glob_files1 = glob $path; my $unc = '\\\\machine_name\\junk\\*'; my @angle_files2 = < $unc >; my @glob_files2 = glob $unc; print Dumper $path, @angle_files1, @glob_files1; print Dumper $unc, @angle_files2, @glob_files2; print "\n\nDone\n";