if ($d1 =~ /^white*/)

This matches any string consisting of 'whit' at the beginning followed by zero or more 'e' characters. Probably not what you wanted. 

perl -Mstrict -WE '
say "`$_` " . ( $_ =~ /^white*/ ? "match" : "no match" )
    for ("while", "whine", "white", "whitf", "whit ", "whit!", "whit")
+;
'

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`while` no match
`whine` no match
`white` match
`whitf` match
`whit ` match
`whit!` match
`whit` match

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Hope this helps!


The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re: remove files starting with white from its folders and sub folders using perl? by 1nickt
in thread remove files starting with white from its folders and sub folders using perl? by gpssana

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