categorized answer QandAEditors If you could use some other module, [mod://File::Slurp] provides a <c>read_dir</c> function which can be used as follows. <p> <c>read_dir</c> returns a list of directory contents. <p> [doc://grep] [doc://-X|-d] selects only directories (filtering out files). <p> <c> use File::Slurp; my @dirs = grep { -d "$dir/$_" } read_dir($dir); </c> <p>To include the . and .. special directories, add the <c>keep_dot_dot</c> option: <c> my @dirs = grep { -d "$dir/$_" } read_dir($dir, keep_dot_dot=>1); </c> 109269