foreach (@ext) { my @load = glob "$data*.$_"; push (@files, @load); } #### 2012-03-02-09-46-09: Found database: 2012-03-02-09-46-09: Found database: /opt/databases/DEMO.fb 2012-03-02-09-46-09: Found database: /opt/databases/demo2.fb 2012-03-02-09-46-09: Found database: /opt/databases/demo.gdb 2012-03-02-09-46-09: Found database: /opt/databases/demo2.gdb 2012-03-02-09-46-09: Found database: /opt/databases/demo3.gdb 2012-03-02-09-46-09: Found database: /opt/databases/simplemarketing.gdb 2012-03-02-09-46-09: Found database: /opt/databases/SimpleMarketing2.gdb