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in reply to Re^5: Finding and sorting files in massive file directory
in thread Finding and sorting files in massive file directory

Thanks, I'll try it.

I am intrigued by your earlier reference to Archive::Tar. I did look at the module briefly but it seemed rather complicated. What would it add over and above using readdir with while and basic unix commands?