Re^3: efficient way to find most recently modified files?

[mildside]

OK, this is untested, but try something like:

my @files_sorted = sort { substr($a,-14,10) cmp substr($b,-14,10) } (g
+lob('yourpath/bobby*.txt'));
my $latest_file = $files_sorted[-1];

This assumes that all '.txt' files have the name format you mention.

Cheers

mildside

[mildside]

Actually, if all your 'bobby*.txt' files follow your filenaming convention then the sort can be expressed a little bit simpler as (untested):

my @files_sorted = sort (glob('yourpath/bobby*.txt'));
my $latest_file = $files_sorted[-1];

Cheers

mildside