In the documentation I find this snippet:
The wanted() function does whatever verifications you
want.  $File::Find::dir contains the current directory
name, and $_ the current filename within that directory.
$File::Find::name contains the complete pathname to the
file. 
So I'd try this to start (untested):
my @mlc; sub wanted { return unless $_ eq 'mlc'; push @mlc, $File::Find::name; } find(\&wanted, '.'); foreach my $file (@mlc) { open(my $fh, $file) or die "Can't open '$file': $!"; # per-file code goes here }

In reply to Re^3: opening directories in perl by trammell
in thread opening directories in perl by Anonymous Monk

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