Im trying to get a list of files with certain filename using grep. I've read the doc on grep, just can't get the expression right. Here's what I have: 
my $search_string = "C04*".substr($year, 2, 2).$month.$day."*.ORD_API"
+;
my $dir = "C:\\done\\";
my $file;
my $i;

opendir DIR, $dir;
my @file = grep {!/^$search_string/} readdir DIR;
closedir DIR;

foreach $file(@file){
    print $dir.$file[$i]."\n";
    $i++;
}

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An example of a filename that I want is: 
C04SHP04071500098417.ORD_API

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The problem is I'm getting all files in the directory I'm searching. Thanks for any help.

In reply to Help with grep by LeeC79

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