Could you show some code, what you're expecting, what you're getting, and maybe the output of "ls -l $filename" for each filename you're looking at?

It's really hard to tell what you're looking for from this. At least it is for me.

yes, sure... here's the code i am stuck on

#!/usr/bin/perl

use File::stat;
use File::Basename;

$srcdir = "/nfs/spptribu/";
$dstdir = "/trib/oper/temp/sql/eventual/";
$pgmFind="/trib/oper/temp/copiaFind";

open(DATOS,"$pgmFind|");
@datos = <DATOS>;
close(DATOS) ;

foreach $archivo (sort @datos) {
    #print "datos:$archivo";
    ($perm,$nol,$owner,$group,$size,$mes,$dia,$hora,$filename) = split
+ (/\s+/, $archivo);
    $namefile=basename($filename,@suffixlist);
    $srcfile="$srcdir$namefile";
    $dstfile="$dstdir$namefile";
#   printf ("Archivo: %s \n\tPermisos: %s \n\tOwner: %s \n\tGroup: %s 
+\n\tSize: %s \n\tMes: %s Dia: %s Hora: %s\n",$filename,
$perm,$owner,$group,$size,$mes,$dia,$hora);
    print "origen: $srcfile\n";
    print "destino: $dstfile\n";

my ($src_dev,$src_ino,$src_mode,$src_nlink,$src_uid,$src_gid,$src_rdev
+,$src_size,$src_atime,$src_mtime,$src_ctime,$src_blksiz
e,$src_blocks)=stat($_);
my ($dst_dev,$dst_ino,$dst_mode,$dst_nlink,$dst_uid,$dst_gid,$dst_rdev
+,$dst_size,$dst_atime,$dst_mtime,$dst_ctime,$dst_blksiz
e,$dst_blocks)=lstat($dstfile) or die "Cagaste! destino malo";
($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,$atime,$mtime,$ctime,$bl
+ksize,$blocks)=stat('/trib/oper/scripts/planesH.s.P370'
);
        print "$srcfile: $src_mtime $src_size\n";
        print "$dstfile: $dst_mtime $dst_size\n";
exit;
}
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i am trying to get an output similar to an "ls -l $filename" for each of the two files of each of the files in an array of filenames...

Oops! Looks like you're using File::stat's stat command as if it were the perl built-in stat()! The first returns an object (or sets fields, potentially). The second returns a list of values, as you are expecting in your code.

For starters, you're using $_ rather than $srcfile in your stat call. That call likely fails.

Secondly, when you use File::stat, you are no longer using a stat or lstat that you see in perlfunc. You're using the ones found in File::stat. These return objects, not an array of items. So you'd get something like:

my $src_stat = stat($srcname);
my $dst_stat = lstat($dstfile);
my $planesH_stat = stat('/trib/oper/scripts/planesH.s.P370');

printf "%s: %s %d\n", $srcfile, $src_stat->mtime(), $src_stat->size();
printf "%s: %s %d\n", $dstfile, $dst_stat->mtime(), $dst_stat->size();
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