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You might also want to consider the use of sudo. Once you have all your filenames, you can do something like: 
system "sudo mv $newfile $oldfile";

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Quick and easy, IMO.

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Re: Re: Newbie needs help replacing files in a directory
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 30, 2003 at 20:18 UTC
    WOW! Thanks everyone! You all are great! I'll apply your knowledge accordingly! Thanks again!
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