foreach (@files)
{
   open FILE, "$_" or die $!;
      print "$_", br() x3;

      $_ = map m{([^/]+)\.txt}, $_;  #Strip out of the string the path and extension leaving only the filename intact
      print "$_", br() x3;

      $data = <FILE>;                #Grab the whole file contents at once
      print "$data";
      exit;

   close FILE;
}