in reply to Stat function returning an empty list

readdir doesn't return the path to the file, just the file name. You have a file called "Language/French.txt" but are statting just "French.txt". Change your stat call to: 
stat("dir/$_");

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Re^2: Stat function returning an empty list
by The_Last_Monk (Novice) on Mar 06, 2015 at 21:16 UTC
    You, Mr.Paladin, are a saviour :)
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