I am trying to sort a list of filenames, then pull the first part of the name (a date YYYYMMDD) and compare with today's date and write that file into a new if the date in the name is on or before today, am I on the right track? 
@sortedbus = sort {$b <=> $a} (@busdir);

foreach $bus (@sortedbus) {

    @splbus = map {split (/_/, $bus, 1)} @sortedbus;
    
    if ($today >= @splbus[0]) {

        for ($i=0; $i++;) {

            $pers = @buschecked[i];

        } # End for loop to populate the sorted, checked array
    } # End if statement to check the current date against the Begin d
+ates
} # End foreach loop to pull each name from the sorted array, check th
+e begin date and populate the final array

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In reply to Sorting a list of filenames by wstarrs

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