On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:42 AM, nag <nagesh.rvce@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > hi, > please help me to get all the files present in a directory which are > created/accessed in last 4 hours . snip Take a look at File::Find* and the stat function** or -M***. You may also want to read perldoc -q "How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?"**** * http://perldoc.perl.org/File/Find.html ** http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/stat.html *** http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/-X.html **** http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq5.html#How%20do%20I%20get%20a%20file%27s%20timestamp%20in%20perl? -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most im****tant skill a programmer can have is the ability to read.