Do you mean something like this? 
#!/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 %filelist = map {$_, 1} @filelist;

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; 
  }

  if (exists $filelist{$f_name}) {
   print "$c - Found and to be deleted: $files\n";
  }


}

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But when I print the results I am getting all files and not only the ones that was found!
Thanks!

In reply to Re^2: Searching for files efficiently help! by Anonymous Monk
in thread Searching for files efficiently help! by Anonymous Monk

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