Thank you. Yes I'll try to incorporate that in the script and see how it turns up. Thank you again for the quick response! BTW, If I need to compare the exact files in the above if statement, where xxx could be of any values(numeric or string). Is there way to do that? Say If I need to compare the filename which starts with ABC and read the rest half "as is" in the if statement, how do I do that? Sorry if my questions sound so dumb (lol), I am just trying to pick this knowledge and be a perl monks like you!!!!

In reply to Re^3: Check multiple file names exist in directory and create another trigger file after existing files processed by vickycanada
in thread Check multiple file names exist in directory and create another trigger file after existing files processed by vickycanada

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