$dir='C:/texts/'; opendir(directory,$dir) or die "cant"; while($file=readdir directory){ next if $file=~/^\./; $rfname=$dir.$file; # print "Found file: '$rfname'\n"; open (CONT, $rfname); while (){ if($_=~m/[0-3]?[0-9(th)?(st)?(nd)?(rd)?]\s+(Jan(uary)?|Feb(ruary)?|Mar(ch)?|Apr(il)?|May|Jun(e)?|Jul(y)?|Aug(ust)?|Sep(tember)?|Oct(ober)?|Nov(ember)?|Dec(ember)?)\s+[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9][0-9]/ig){ print "$file\t $_\n"; } elsif($_=~m/(Jan(uary)?|Feb(ruary)?|Mar(ch)?|Apr(il)?|May|Jun(e)?|Jul(y)?|Aug(ust)?|Sep(tember)?|Oct(ober)?|Nov(ember)?|Dec(ember)?)\s+[1-3]?[0-9](th)?(nd)?(st)?(rd)?\s+[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9][0-9]/ig){ print "$file\t $_\n"; } }