Sure. This method applies to any list, not just readdir.
my $max;
while( my $file = readdir(DIR) ) {
$max = $file if $file gt $max;
}
print $max;
Note: I used "unless" and "gt" rather than "if" and "le" because everything compares greater than undef, whereas nothing compares less than undef. If you want to use the latter instead of the former, you'll have to do a priming read (i.e. $min = readdir();) before the while loop.
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: changed code to fix a logic error. Now finds max instead of min.