#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
 
my $file = "abc*.xml*";
 
my $searchdir = "/tst";
 

readDirectory($searchdir, $file);
 
sub readDirectory
{
     my $searchdir = shift;
     my $searchfile = shift;
 
     print "Searching in $searchdir \n";
 
     # Open and close the directory
     opendir DIR, $searchdir or die("An error occured: $!");
     my @files = readdir(DIR);
     closedir DIR;
 
     foreach my $currentFile (@files)
     {
          next if $currentFile =~ /^\./;
 
          if ( $currentFile eq $searchfile )
                {
                              print "Found the file: $searchdir/$currentFile n";
               unlink($file);
          }
          if ( -d "$searchdir/$currentFile" )
          {
               readDirectory("$searchdir/$currentFile", $searchfile);
          }
     }
}