Here is how i would do it (hey, this isn't homework is it?)
use strict; use CGI qw(:header); use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); use File::Find; use File::Basename; my $start = 3; my $end = 40; my $dir = 'files'; @ARGV = (); die "start must be less than end" if $start >= $end; die "no dir $dir here" unless -d $dir; find sub { my $numb = (fileparse($_,'.txt'))[0]; return unless $numb =~ /^\d+$/; push @ARGV, $File::Find::name if $numb >= $start and $numb <= $end; }, $dir; die "no .txt files found in $dir" unless @ARGV; print header; print while <>;
UPDATE:
I should explain that File::Find works recursively, so any sub directories in the parent directory that match will be printed as well. Also, from here it is rather trivial to use CGI.pm's param() method to accept arguments from the cgi script. Don't forget to add -T (taint mode) and 'scrub' these arguments before using them. That i leave as an excercise. ;)

jeffa

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In reply to (jeffa) Re: Print contents of a range of text files to browser (was: text files) by jeffa
in thread Print contents of a range of text files to browser (was: text files) by Anonymous Monk

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