my $caseNumber = $ARGV[0]; my $pattern = "(.*?)$caseNumber(.*?)"; my $count = 0; my @uploads; ##Open logfiles directory opendir DIR, "Directory" or die "Unable to open Directory, please try again"; while (my $filename = readdir(DIR)) { if ($filename =~ /$pattern/) { my $filepath = "$directory/$filename"; # make full filepath push(@uploads, $filepath); } } closedir DIR; $count = scalar(@uploads);