Hi Zaxo,
Again thanks ... maybe you can answer this question too?
I have this now ...

my @badnames = glob( $dir . '/*{!,@,#,$,%,^,&,\ ,(,),[,|,<,>,;,+,=,`,~
+}*');
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This works fine, but when I try and add ] or } or \ everything matches. I have tried \] \} and \\. The funny thing is that [ { work just fine.