I think you'll have to loop 
use File::Find;
my $limit= 4; # Whatever you prefer
for ($name = 1; $name <= $limit; ++$name) {
    find(\&Wanted, $dir);
}

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This will go through all subdirectories and search 1.* first, then 2.*, then 3.* and at last 4.* or whatever you defined as a $limit. 
sub Wanted {
#        /$name\.*/;
# NO! You want $name at the beginning!

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Update... Made a mistake         /^$name\./; 
        if (/^$name\./) {
#        if undef {

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If what is undef?
What you pretend to do is, increment $name if $name is not in the directory. What you really would do if it worked is: increment $name if the FIRST NAME in the directory doesn't match. It won't match since the first name would (in *NIX) almost always be "." 
#              $name++;
#              return;
#       } else { 
       open(FILE, $_);
       my @lines = <FILE>;
       # some processing missing here?
       }
}

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In reply to Re: Processing directories (again) with File::Find by Skeeve
in thread Processing directories (again) with File::Find by billie_t

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