Re: Perl file rename

Writing *.pl in a shell (not sure if CMD too) will expand automatically BEFORE it is handed over to perl's @ARGV, better quote everything!
Then there is this guy called Larry Wall, he wrote something similar once, take a look: Simple Perl file rename (posted by hilitai).

Your code almost works.... fight on!

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Re^2: Perl file rename by afoken (Chancellor) on Jun 04, 2015 at 07:57 UTC
Writing `.pl` in a shell (not sure if CMD too) will expand automatically BEFORE it is handed over to perl's @ARGV, better quote everything! No, DOS, Windows, and OS/2 don't behave like Unix at all. That would be far too easy. ;-) See Re^3: Perl Rename for a longer discussion ~~and a workaround~~. Updated:* Bad wording. Win32::Autoglob really does not help here (see AM answer below), it only helps hiding one difference between Win32 and Unix systems. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl file rename by Anonymous Monk on Jun 04, 2015 at 08:02 UTC
Your suggested solution Win32::Autoglob would break any "regex" arguments the OP would pass ... a simple glob ought to suffice (or a specific File::DosGlob )	[reply]