Hello Rich,

Can you point me in the right direction?

• To rename a file, use the built-in function rename.
• To select only files ending in .jpg, use if (/\.jpg$/) { ... }.
• To generate a random string, maybe try String::Random (a module I haven’t used see below).

P.S. Always code with use warnings as well as use strict.

Update: Example use of String::Random:

use strict;
use warnings;
use String::Random;

my $oldfile = 'picture.jpg';
my $random  =  String::Random->new;

if ($oldfile =~ /\.jpg$/)
{
    my $oldname = $oldfile =~ s/\.jpg$//r;
    my $newfile = $random->randpattern('.' x length $oldname) . '.jpg'
+;
    print "$oldfile will be renamed $newfile\n";
}
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Example output:

14:18 >perl 1230_SoPW.pl
picture.jpg will be renamed O^aK&!R.jpg

14:19 >
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Hope that helps,