Simplest option will be to use the preprocess argument e.g 
find({
  wanted     => \&foo,
  preprocess => sub { grep !/^d/i, @_ },
}, '/somedir');

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See. the File::Find docs for more info.

Update: as tye has pointed out, the above doesn't really answer your question. Since File::Find wasn't designed to allow stopping mid-process, File::Find::Rule is probably a better option e.g 

use File::Find::Rule;

my $seen  = 1;
my @files = find(
  file =>
  exec => sub { $seen = 0 if /^d/i; $seen },
  in   => '/somedir'
);

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Or if you really want to stop iterating once you've seen the first file beginning with a 'd' 
my @files;
my $rule = rule(file => start => '/somedir');

while(my $file = $rule->match) {
  last if $file =~ /^d/i;
  push @files => $file;
}

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HTH

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broquaint

In reply to Re: File::Find exit by broquaint
in thread File::Find exit by sweetblood

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