Hi, I am trying to pick files and directories from multiple directories and folders for further processing in my programme logic. I am able to pick majority of the files and directories. However, with -f and all other remaining file operators (that I have already tried so far), I am unable to pick following type of files from the cache folder.

1: /(a directory)/4-http???wscont1.apps.microsoft.co?winstore?1.8x?2d60181a-b6d7-499a-9414-f07b0f932419?AppTile.1.396657.404061.png

2: /(a directory)/4-https???wscont.apps.microsoft.com?winstore?6.3.0.1?100?GB?en-us?MS?467?features1de1406b-b4ec-4d86-9066-68bf9c5d67f2.json

3: (another file path)etc.

Can someone advise, which code to use to pick this type of files being present in 'a directory'?

I am using following code:-

``` 
for (@files) {
    $element = $_; 
    if (-d $_) {
    push @directories, process_files ($_);
    ++$dir_counter;
    } elsif (-f $_) { 
    ++$file_counter;
   next; 
   } elsif ($_ =~ /\.dat$/i || $_ =~ /\.png$/i) {      
     ++$file_counter;             
    next; 
   } else {
      print NOW "I am in else statement: process_files($_)\n";    
 } #   else loop end

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```

In reply to File types not being picked up by script by MShoaib

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