Thanks you have been really helpful, but when doing this </path/to/some/directory/$digit*> I get the following errors

Bareword found where operator expected at pointsnew.cgi line 24, near 
+"/var/www"
        (Missing operator before www?)
"my" variable $file masks earlier declaration in same scope at pointsn
+ew.cgi line 25.
syntax error at pointsnew.cgi line 24, near "/var/www"
syntax error at pointsnew.cgi line 37, near "}"
Execution of pointsnew.cgi aborted due to compilation errors.
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