If you want to avoid modifying existing code too much, you could try something like 

use File::Find;

my @files;

find(\&collect, ".");

sub collect { # 'wanted' function replacement
    push @files, [ 
                  $File::Find::name,
                  (stat)[9]  # mtime
                 ];
}

sub wanted {  # your original 'wanted' function
    # ...
}

my @files_by_age = sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1] } @files;

for my $entry (@files_by_age) {
    my $fullname = $entry->[0];
    my ($dir, $name) = $fullname =~ /(.*?)([^\/]*)$/;

    # set variables that File::Find would have set
    $File::Find::name = $fullname;
    $File::Find::dir  = $dir;
    $_                = $name;
    
    # depending on whether you need it, you might want to
    # chdir() into the directory
    # ("left as an exercise ..." :)
    
    # call wanted() function as File::Find would have done
    wanted();
}

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(Depending on exactly how you're using File::Find, you might need to finetune the approach... this is just an outline of basic usage.)

In reply to Re^3: How do I traverse the files in descending order of modification using File::Find by almut
in thread How do I traverse the files in descending order of modification using File::Find by pravlm

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