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This may not always work for large number of files or huge directory trees, but I often use something like 
perl -ne 'print if _____' `find .`

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Or if you have a specific directory in mind 
perl -ne 'print if _____' `find mydirectory`

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Re: Re: Useful addition to Perl?
by tsee (Curate) on Mar 05, 2004 at 11:10 UTC
    Unfortunately, that's not portable.
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      it's more portable than you think; see perl power tools

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