I want to know the files within a directory tree. Something like this TOP -> SECOND -> FOLDERS 1-3 -> NAME -> Files I did not generate these files but they are formatted as such 1234 ACS. (Description).txt Yes that is white space in there My issue is when I'm reading .txt files from the "NAME" folder 

    opendir(DIR, $top.$second) or die "CANNOT OPEN SECOND DIRECTORY\n"
+;
    @nameFolders = grep { !/^\.|\.\.$/ }  readdir(DIR);
    closedir(DIR);
    
    foreach(@nameFolders){
            $folder = $_;
            if($_ =~ /\.txt$/){ next; } #sometimes .txt files are here
+ but I took care of them earlier in the code and that works just fine
            #print $_."\n"; #Output is 100% perfect here
            opendir FIL, $top.$second."/".$folder or die "CANNOT OPEN 
+NAME DIRECTORY\n";
            @files = grep  { /\.txt$/ } readdir(FIL);
            closedir(FIL);
            
            foreach(@files){
                $fileName = $_;
                print $fileName."\n"; #HERE IS MY PROBLEM OUTPUT IS BE
+LOW
                @fileName = split / /, $fileName;
                $numID = $fileName[0];
                $goodFiles{$fileName}=$numID;
            }
            
    }

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    OUTPUT: 

         1234 ACS. (STUFF).txt

         ACS.

         1235 ACS. (STUFF).txt

         ACS.

         ...

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What is going on here? I'm not spiting the file name until after I print, AND it's in the @files array. I'm at a loss. Thanks for any input.

In reply to Unwanted splitting of File Name by pimperator

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