Aside from the minor problem of using $_ where you mean to use $next, there are two problems with 
opendir(PWD,"$next") && my @files = readdir PWD
    or die "Open \"$_\" failed: $!";

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First, you waste future readers' time. The few seconds you've saved by writing the above rather than 

opendir(PWD,$name) or die "$name: $!";
my @files = readdir(PWD) or die "$name: $!";

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Have just eclipsed by N x "what's this? uh.. oh, I see". Better, in my humble opinion, to write straightforward code. Sure, you have code "or die" twice, but in the scheme of things, that's a really minor nit.

Second, in the unikely event that opendir() succeeds and readdir() fails, you're presenting a misleading diagnostic.

In reply to Re: Re: and this or that by dws
in thread and this or that by mkmcconn

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