I am trying to create a webpage that will allow users to view data from a text file. The text files are named using this format: yymmdd_center.txt It correctly displays the print statement "Report for..." but it doesn't show me the text file. Here is the code... 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
#    Retrieve form selections & display the results
#
use strict;
use File::Find;
use CGI;
my $q = new CGI;
my $request = $ENV{"Query String"};

#    Assign input to variables

my $start_month= $q->param('month');
my $start_day= $q->param('day');
my $start_year= $q->param('year');
my $start_hour= $q->param('hour');
my $start_min= $q->param('min');
my $test_site= $q->param('center');
my $string="0";

print    $q->header("text/html\n\n"),
    $q->start_html(-title=>"Data Report"),
    "Report for $test_site from $start_hour:$start_min $start_month/$s
+tart_day/$start_year.\n";
    #Find the file (yymmdd_site format)
    undef$/;
    find (sub
    {
        return if($_ =~ /^\./);
        return unless($_ =~ /\.txt/i);
        stat $Find::File::name;
        return if -d;
        return unless -r;
        open(FILE, "<$Find::file::name") or return;
        $string = <FILE>;
        close(FILE);
        return unless($string =~ /\$start_year$start_month$start_day$t
+est_site\E/i);
        print $string;
    }, '/(name of my directory tree)
    $q->end_html;

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