#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use File::Find; my $dir = shift; find(\&print_name_if_file, "$dir"); sub print_name_if_file { print "$_\n" if -f; } #### [racket@ibmlap perl]$ ./filechng.pl testdir file4.pdf file5.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf file10.pdf file7.pdf file9.pdf file8.pdf file1.pdf file6.pdf #### [racket@ibmlap perl]$ ls -al testdir total 56 drwxrwxr-x 2 racket racket 4096 Mar 24 14:59 . drwxrwxr-x 3 racket racket 4096 Mar 24 15:08 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 racket racket 0 Mar 24 14:59 file10.pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1 racket racket 0 Mar 24 14:58 file1.pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1 racket racket 0 Mar 24 14:58 file2.pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1 racket racket 0 Mar 24 14:58 file3.pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1 racket racket 0 Mar 24 14:58 file4.pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1 racket racket 0 Mar 24 14:59 file5.pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1 racket racket 0 Mar 24 14:59 file6.pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1 racket racket 0 Mar 24 14:59 file7.pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1 racket racket 0 Mar 24 14:59 file8.pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1 racket racket 0 Mar 24 14:59 file9.pdf