RE: Odd file rename

The only problem with using $oldname $newname is that I will be doing this automatically for a large number of files, and the names for each will be different - though the naming convention will be the same for all of them.

F1234 -> B1234
F2345 -> B2345
F3456 -> B3456

I guess that didn't quite come through in my initial explanation. =)

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RE: RE: Odd file rename by t0mas (Priest) on Jun 14, 2000 at 17:19 UTC
I really can't see your problem with that. Try: `my @fileList=("F1234","F2345","F3456"); foreach $oldname (@fileList) { $newname=$oldname; $newname=~ s/^./B/i; rename($oldname,$newname) };` [download] (credits for regexp to lhoward) /brother t0mas	[reply] [d/l]
RE: RE: Odd file rename by nuance (Hermit) on Jun 14, 2000 at 17:09 UTC
the first part of the post you are referring to tells you how to set $oldname and $newname to something sensible before you do the link/unlink operation. Granted there is a large comment in the middle, but that merely discusses an alternative method for setting $oldname and $newname. Please read it again, you will see that you did come over correctly and they have indeed answered your question. *Nuance*	[reply]