I'm not entirely sure I understand your requirements, but...

use 5.010;
use Path::Class qw(dir file);

say "GOT $_" for grep_dir_recursively(
    qr(say),         # pattern to grep for (with smartmatch)
    qr(\.pl$),       # pattern to match file names (with smartmatch)
    '/home/tai/tmp', # directory to search
);

sub grep_dir_recursively
{
    my $text_pattern = shift;
    my $file_pattern = shift;
    
    my @results;
    for my $root (@_) {
        dir($root)->recurse(callback => sub {
            my $file = shift;
            return if $file->is_dir;
            return unless $file ~~ $file_pattern;
            my $fh = $file->open;
            while (<$fh>) {
                if ($_ ~~ $text_pattern) {
                    push @results, $file;
                    last;
                }
            }
        });
    }
    
    return @results;
}

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In reply to Re: Multiple file handling by tobyink
in thread Multiple file handling by stallion

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