#!/usr/bin/perl use common::sense; use File::Find; my $dir = "/some/dir/some/where"; my %dirs; finddepth(\&newest, $dir); sub newest { return unless -f; my ($d, $n) = ($File::Find::dir, $File::Find::name); $dirs{$d} ||= $n and return; $dirs{$d} = $n if (stat($n))[9] > (stat($dirs{$d}))[9]; } print "$_: $dirs{$_}\n" for keys %dirs;