use strict; use File::Spec::Functions; use Test::More tests => 5; my @file = do { opendir my $dh, curdir or die "$!"; readdir $dh; }; sub check(&) { not grep $_ eq updir, shift->( @file ) } ;ok check { sort no_upwards @_ } ;ok check { sort no_upwards( @_ ) } ;ok check { sort ( no_upwards @_ ) } ;ok check { sort ( no_upwards( @_ ) ) } ;ok check { sort +( no_upwards @_ ) } =begin output 1..5 not ok 1 # Failed test at t.pl line 13. not ok 2 # Failed test at t.pl line 14. not ok 3 # Failed test at t.pl line 15. ok 4 ok 5 # Looks like you failed 3 tests of 5.