Hi Monks!
The values in the array @files will have the file name attached to its path, like: /var/www/loc/file/subdir/1234567_bc_20101000.txt  /var/www/loc/file/tree/text/1234567_bc_20101005.txt.
I need to match against the file names in the array @filelist, reported it and eventually delete from the $startdir.
I can get what I want as it is, but my question is about efficiency and speed since the array @filelist can be really large and the directory structure in $startdir is really large and complex.
Is there a better way to accomplish this than what I have here?
I wonder on the nested foreach loops I have on the code, any suggestions would be very helpful.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use File::Find::Rule;

my $startdir = "/allfiles";

my @filelist = qw(1234567_bc_20101000.txt 99877_xy_20111111.txt); #for
+ testing

my $includeFiles = File::Find::Rule->file
                             ->name('*.txt'); # search by file extensi
+ons

my @files = File::Find::Rule->or( $includeFiles )
                                ->in($startdir);

#locate only txt files in the starting directory
my $includeFiles = File::Find::Rule->file
                             ->name('*.txt'); # search by file extensi
+ons

my @files = File::Find::Rule->or( $includeFiles )
                                ->in($startdir);
my $f_name;
my $c=0;
foreach my $files(@files) {
  $c++;  

  if($files=~/(.*?)\/([^\/]+)$/) {
    $f_name = $2; 
  }

  foreach my $chk_file(@filelist) {

      if($chk_file=~/$f_name/) {
        print "$c - Found and to be deleted: $files\n";
      }

   }


}

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