File Reading Problem

[kimskams80]

Hi,

I have a folder which contains files named as:

filename1_333.txt
filename2_987.txt
filename3_100.txt
etc

I want to read the files from this directory but problem is that I just have the filename that exists before "underscore" sign i.e. I have a file name filename1 and not filename1_333.txt ... is there anyway I can stilll read this file using some operators?

You should assume that the name before _ sign is also unqiue in the folder

thanks for kind reply

[Sixtease]

my $prefix = 'filename1';
my ($filename) = glob("/path/to/files/$prefix*");
if ($filename) {
    print "Found file: '$filename'\n";
}
else {
    print "No file matching '$prefix'\n";
}