If there's no good reason not to, you should use a CPAN module for a task like this. Someone else has already done all the work!! Here's one way: 

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.010;
use Path::Iterator::Rule;

my $file = 'ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982) {1996 Remaster} V0what.cd
+/16 Look Of Love (Live).mp3';
my @dirs = '/Volumes/public_files/music';

my $rule = Path::Iterator::Rule->new;
$rule->name($file);

my $search = $rule->iter( @dirs );

while ( my $found = $search->() ) {
  say $found;
}

__END__

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The good thing about using a module like this is that when you figure out some new requirement, like for example you only want to search three levels down, or the file has to be a certain minimum or max size, or has to contain a certain string etc etc, these are all built-in functions, so you can add your new functionality without hardly having to break a sweat: 

$rule->name($file)
     ->size("> 1000");

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Remember: Ne dederis in spiritu molere illegitimi!

In reply to Re: backtick iterpolation issue by 1nickt
in thread backtick iterpolation issue by idlehands

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