Maybe This will help 
use File::Find::Rule;
sub fullPathToFile #($StartDirectory,$SearchExpression)
{
    my ($StartDirectory,$SearchExpression)= @_;
    my(@files,$IsWin1,$IsWin2,$IsWin3,@File_Paths,$Fl,@d,$c);
    @files = File::Find::Rule->file()->name("$SearchExpression")->in("
+$StartDirectory");
    $IsWin1=substr($StartDirectory,1,1);
    $IsWin2=substr($StartDirectory,0,2);
    $IsWin3=substr($StartDirectory,0,1);
    print "HO HO:$IsWin3\n";
      #If $StartDirectory starts with "D:\" or "\\\\"  or" \" than it 
+is Win replace / with \
      if(  ($IsWin1 eq ':')||($IsWin2 eq '\\\\')  ||($IsWin3 eq '\\') 
+ )
      {
        foreach $Fl (@files) 
        {
          @d=split(/\//,$Fl);
          $c=join ("\\",@d);
          push(@File_Paths,$c);
        }
      }
      else
      {
        @File_Paths=@files;
      }
return @File_Paths;
}


$LocationOfTheScriptsDirectory='/Harness/RootOfAllFiles';
$newdir='/TEST';
$SearchExp='*.abl';
@AllFilePaths=fullPathToFile($LocationOfTheScriptsDirectory,$SearchExp
+);
foreach $file (@AllFilePaths){
        @A2 =split(/\//,$file);
        $fileName=$A2[-1];
     system( "cp $file $newdir/$fileName");
}

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