I am converting text files into an HTML format to be posted on a web site. The names of the files are similar to this mlb_boxscore$283491230.txt. I am running triggers off my server that actually run the perl scripts that convert the files from text to html. The problem I have is that I have to open the file with it's exact name. This is a problem due to the fact I would have to change my code each day because I receive a new file every moring with a different name. The naming convention follows the format mlb_boxscore"some numbers". The following is what I am currently using to open the file: 
open (INPUT, "c:/mlb_boxscore$283491230.txt") or die "Can't open file"
+;
open (boxscore, ">c:/boxscore" . $today . ".html") or die "Can't open 
+file";
open (HEADER, "c:/header.html") or die "Can't open file";
open (FOOTER, "c:/footer.html") or die "Can't open file";

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I was wondering if there was anyway possible to open a file without specifying the exact name? Possibly something similar to open (INPUT, "c:/mlb_boxscore$_.txt") or die "Can't open file";. I know this doesn't work, I was just wondering if there was a way of doing something similar to this.

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