#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump qw/ dd pp /; use File::Find::Rule qw/ rule find /; my @dirs = find( qw/ directory name abc* in . /); dd( \@dirs ); my $nobaby = rule( name => [ 'baby', 'dead' ], qw/ prune discard/ ); my $list = rule( file => name => 'list.dat', ); my @files = find( not => $nobaby , any => $list, in => \@dirs, ); dd( \@files ); @files = rule()->or( ## !IMPORTANT NOTE discard before prune with rule()/find() rule( name => [ 'baby','dead' ], qw/ directory discard prune /), rule( qw' file name list.dat ') )->in( find( qw/ directory name abc* in . maxdepth 1 /), ); dd( \@files ); __END__ $ perl ffffindrule.pl ["abcdefg"] ["abcdefg/coy/abu/list.dat", "abcdefg/coy/dabie/list.dat"] ["abcdefg/coy/abu/list.dat", "abcdefg/coy/dabie/list.dat"]