#! /usr/bin/perl use strict; my %file; # hash of filenames arrays keyed by suffix # first pass for (<*>) { push @{$file{$2}}, $_ if /(.*\.(.*))/; } # second pass for my $suffix (sort keys %file) { no strict 'refs'; next unless defined &{"handle_$suffix"}; &{"handle_$suffix"}($_) for sort @{$file{$suffix}} } # process the file with suffix '.cpp' sub handle_cpp { print "$_[0]\n"; }