use File::Spec::Functions;

my @path = qw(
    C:\WINNT\
    C:/WINNT/
);

print "$_ => ", canonpath($_),$/ for @path;
__END__
C:\WINNT\ => C:\WINNT
C:/WINNT/ => C:\WINNT

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You may also wish to checkout File::Find::Rule (some monks really like the interface).

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