Ankur_kuls:

The problem is that you can't just do a rename with wildcards in the names like that. You'll have to move the files one by one. Just get a list of all the matching files, and then in a loop get them and remove them using the same list:

my @files = ... get list of files to process ...;
for my $file (@files) {
   ... process a file ...
   ... delete a file ...
}

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Aside from the fact that wildcards don't work like you expect them to, there's a race condition in your logic that would occasionally cause you a big problem if it did work that way. Suppose that the remote computer just drops 5 new files into the output directory just as your mget *.seq command ends. Your very next statement rm *seq would delete the files you just processed *and* the 5 new files you haven't yet processed, losing some information. You really have to be careful of things like that. Additionally, since you're using two different wildcards (*seq and *.seq), then you also have the possibility of missing operations when working on files. Be sure to be consistent!

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

In reply to Re: not able to move files using rename command in sftp by roboticus
in thread not able to move files using rename command in sftp by Ankur_kuls

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