Shadowsong, here is the output of my directory. I know that music files don't consist of .txt extensions, but this is what I was asked to do for the assignment. So, I made these files names up and went with this type. Inside the files there is supposed to one line that contains the album, minutes, seconds, and genre each separate by ":". The Sun and the Moon:3:47:Alternative

OUTPUT of DIRECTORY:<\p>

The Bravery-Believe.txt

output for file: The Bravery-Believe.txt

The Bouncing Souls-True Believers.txt

output for file: The Bouncing Souls-True Believers.txt

The Kickdrums-Atonement.txt

output for file: The Kickdrums-Atonement.txt

I'm assuming that this:

if ($_ =~ /\.txt/){
        chomp $_;
        my ($artist, $song_title) = split '-', $_, 3;
        $length{$artist}{$artist} = $artist;
        $length{$artist}{$song_title} = $song_title;
    print "$_"; # print this file/directory's name
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Could be part of this:

open FH, "<$_" or die $!;
    print "output for file: $_\n";
    while (my $line = <FH>) {
        print $line;
        chomp $line;
        if ($line =~ /\.txt/){
    my $artist;
my ($album, $minutes, $seconds, $genre) = split ':', $line, 4;
        $length{$artist}{album} = $album;
        $length{$artist}{minutes} = $minutes;
        $length{$artist}{seconds} = $seconds;
        $length{$artist}{genre} = $genre;
        print $album, "\n";
        }
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So, I'm still trying to open the FH of the .txt file and read the contents to get the total amount of the song length for each line and print it out. "Saying this Artist has a total amount of Music". I really appreciate your guidance and patience with me. I know I am a newby at this, but I'm willing to put the time in to learn and get the most out of this language. Thanks, Brandon