Hi reciter!

The code below shows how I handle checks to be applied on more than one file:

• I use File::Find to loop through all files
• With the sub checkFile I do some basic checking on each of the files (e.g. if it is empty)
• With sub analyze I open a relevant file and process it; if you use the same approach, you'll move most of your code into that function

HTH, Rata

use File::Find;
use File::stat;


find(\&checkFile, $path);     # loop through all files in my directory

#--------------------------------- check to be applied on each file --
+-----------
sub checkFile
{
    my $fullfilename    = $File::Find::name;
    my $filesize        = stat($File::Find::name)->size;
    my $filename        = $_;
    
    # --- check for relevance based on expected filenames
    if ((! ($filename =~ /_obj_pp_comp.txt/ )) && (! ($filename =~ /ob
+j.doc/ )))    {
       return;
    }
    
    if ($filesize == 0)     {
       print ("<!-- \t\tERROR: file $fullfilename is empty. -->\n");  
+     return;
    }
    if (! -f $filename)     {
       print ("<!-- \t\tERROR: file $fullfilename is a directory. -->\
+n");       return;
    }

    analyze($fullfilename);
}
#--------------------------------- work to be done on each relevant fi
+le -------------
sub analyze
{
 ...
}
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