# Generate files... my $time = time(); open FILE ">$time.txt" or die $!; print FILE $stuff; close FILE; # this is repeated often, as from CGI... # # Retrieval now... my @files = get_list_of_files(); @files = sort { $a cmb $b } @files; foreach my $file ( @files ) { do_something_with_file ( $file ); }