use strict; use File::Basename qw(basename); my @files = qw( /data/node12/file-29-2.txt /data/node12/file-34-2.txt /data/node12/file-50-2.txt /data/node30/file-34-2.txt /data/node30/file-60-2.txt /data/node30/file-62-2.txt /data/node34/file-29-2.txt ); my %seen = (); foreach my $file (@files) { my $bn = basename($file); if ($bn =~ /(\d+)/) { my $id = $1; if ($seen{$id}++) { print "$file needs to be deleted\n"; } } else { warn "Unexpected file found: $file\n"; } }