When it doubt, read the documentation. In this case the POD embedded in File::Find, which reads, in part

$File::Find::name contains the complete pathname to the file.

Another option, if you're enamoured of the implicit variables and have a suitably recent version of File::Find, is that you can change the behaviour of $_ to match that of $File::Find::name by using the no_chdir option.

find(
  { wanted => sub { print }, no_chdir => 1, }, 
  @paths 
);
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    --k.

Did you try reading the documentation for File::Find?

$File::Find::dir is the current directory name,
$_ is the current filename within that directory
$File::Find::name is the complete pathname to the file.

"The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club."
-- Chip Salzenberg

Is there any way to get absolute paths of the files which are returned by the find command ?

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broquaint

perl -MFile::Find -le 'find { wanted => sub {print $File::Find::fullna
+me}, follow => 1}, shift' dir_to_scan
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jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

I guess you're using $_ which holds the filename.

If you look at the documentation for File::Find you'll see you should really use $File::Find::name

Hope that help's

This was taken from the docs for File::Find

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