Here is my last attempt. This will print directories then files and you can traverse directories easily. typing ".." at "enter path" will get you to parent dir 
use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
use File::Slurp;
use Cwd;

for(;;){   

    my @files;

        my $dir;

        print "enter path: ";
        chomp( $dir = <STDIN> );

        chdir($dir);
        $dir = getcwd($dir);
        print $dir;

        # print "enter match string: ";
        # chomp( my $string = <STDIN> );

        @files = read_dir($dir);

        foreach my $element (@files) {
            next if -f $element;
            print "$element\n";
        }

        foreach my $element (@files) {
            next if -d $element;
            print "$element\n";
        }

        print "\ncurrent dir is: $dir\n";
        print "\n";

    system("pause");
    system("cls");

}

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In reply to Re^2: Perl script does not work on other directories? by james28909
in thread Perl script does not work on other directories? by Anonymous Monk

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