use the 'preprocess ' option. Your other option is to mess with signals (see perlsig, %SIG)

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use File::Find;

# scrap codeee

find( { wanted => \&wanted,
#        preprocess => \&preprocess,
      }, '/' );

BEGIN { use vars qw( $maxHit $Hit); $maxHit = 10; }
BEGIN { $SIG{__DIE__} = sub {
                my @d = @_;
                if($d[-1] eq "dying max $maxHit") {
                    warn "hit the max $maxHit";
                    return();
                } else {
                    warn(@_);
                    exit(1);
                }
            };
}

sub wanted {
    my $file = $_;
    print "$file\n";
    $Hit++;
    die "dying max $maxHit" if($Hit >= $maxHit)
}

## something like this 

sub preprocess {
   my @list = @_;
   my $diff = $maxHit - $Hit;
   warn "pre processing( $Hit, $maxHit, ".scalar(@list)." )";

   if($Hit > $maxHit ) {
      return ();
   }elsif( @list > $diff ) {
      warn "splicing";use Data::Dumper;
      @list = splice(@list,0,$diff);
      warn Dumper \@list;
   }

   return @list;
}
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update: you better stick with the eval ( see Kanjis node above). I've been too signal happy lately ;)

update: please note that the preprocess option is not available everywhere (best upgrade File::Find)

I also feel that there ought to exist File::Find::breakout, which would basically stop find from executing anymore (return? ;)

UPDATE: after hastily posting this, which i still think is good idea, a couple of smart asses point out goto. Yeah well i'm not 0 for 2 so far ;)(dammit! sometimes solutions you know but don't love escape you)

 

______crazyinsomniac_____________________________ Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. perl -e "$q=$_;map({chr unpack qq;H*;,$_}split(q;;,q*H*));print;$q/$q;"