use strict; use warnings; use File::Find::Rule qw( ); use Path::Class qw( file ); for ( File::Find::Rule->name( '*.bmp' ) ->file() ->in( $dir ); ) { my $file = file($_); my $o = $file; my $n = $file->dir()->file( 'reference_' . $file->basename() ); if (-e $n) { warn("$n already exists\n"); next; } if (!rename($o, $n)) { warn("Unable to rename $o: $!\n"); next; } }