sub eachfile { my $path = $File::Find::name; return if -d $path; $path =~ s|^.*/(.+)_logs/|| or return; # or log my $item = $1; if ( $path =~ m|(.+)\.(\d+)$| ) { my($company,$quantity) = ($1,$2); inventory($company, $item, $quantity); return; } # and so on for each remaining case # eventually logging any that you can't handle }