Try this: #!perl -w use strict;
use File::Find; my $startfolder = $ARGV[0]; die "no input, no output" unless -d $startfolder; find( \&myfinder, $startfolder ); sub myfinder { next if -d $_; my $statfield = (stat( $File::Find::name ))[9]; print "stat[9] shows $statfield for file '$File::Find::name'\n"; } HTH, Axel.