Thanks, I tried as you suggested and got this message:
Use of uninitialized value at fet7a.pl line 28.


Total Count =

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Here is what I have: 
use File::Find;

         sub fetcher
         {
             my($ct, @data) = (0,());
             if( $_ =~ /\.html?$/) {
               my $name = $File::Find::name;
               open ( F, $name ) or die "$!: $name\n";
                while( $line = <F> )
                 {
                     for $i ($line =~ /stuff/gi ) {
                              push(@data, "$i\n"); # gather the lines
                 $ct++;
                    }
                }

            # since there is no requirement the lines need to match
                # why not
                local $/ = undef;
            @data = <F>;
                close F;
             }
             return($ct,\@data);   
     }
        my ($ct, $data) = find( \&fetcher, "/directoryHere"  );

        print @$data;
        print "\n\nTotal Count = $ct\n\n";

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In reply to Re: Re: Show count before data output by Anonymous Monk
in thread Show count before data output by Anonymous Monk

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