#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; opendir(THISDIR,"e:\\perl\\comics\\"); my @comics=readdir(THISDIR); close(THISDIR); foreach (reverse(@comics)) { my ($name,$ext)=split(/\./,$_); if ($name=~/\d{3}/) { print '.'; } elsif ($name=~/\d{2}/) { my $old=$name; $name=~s/(\d{2})/0$1/; rename "$old\.$ext", "$name\.$ext"; } elsif ($name=~/\d{1}/) { my $old=$name; $name=~s/(\d{1})/00$1/; rename "$old\.$ext", "$name\.$ext"; } }