Hello, I have a three part question to ask... Using the code example below,
Can I combine the readdir() function and the (-M $logfile < 1) statement into one short command..?

Also is it possible to combine the " readdir(), (-M $logfile <1) and the (m/^[B|b].+.txt$/) into one line/command..?

If the first two questions are not possible can the code be shortened into fewer lines..? 

#!d:\perl\bin\perl.exe

$pth = "\\\\127.0.0.1\\bex";
opendir(Directory, $pth) or die "Cannot Open Directory";
@cont = readdir(Directory);
closedir(Directory);
splice(@cont, 0, 2); # <-- remove " . & .. " 
foreach (@cont) {
 if (m/^[B|b].+.txt$/) {
  push(@contents,$_)
 }
}
foreach $content (@contents) {
 $logfile = "$pth" .'\\'. "$content";
 if( -M $logfile < 1 ) { #less than 24 hours ago
  open(FILE, "$logfile"); # open logfile for reading
  print "$logfile\n";
  close(FILE);
 }
}

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