I have this code to delete every file in a directory and skip directories... but I'm not remembering how to use the sub to rename files...

#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI qw(:standard);
use strict; 
use File::Find;
use vars qw($_amountOfFiles);

my $_excludeList = 1;
my $_expcludeMain = 1;
my $dir = "/home/path/public_html/files";
my %_excludeListing = (
 'cgi-bin' => "cgi-bin",
);

#my $dir = shift || die "usage $0 <dir>\n"; 
 
print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
$_amountOfFiles = 0;
finddepth(\&do_this, $dir); 
print "Renamed: $_amountOfFiles files\nDone\n"; 
#rmdir $dir; 
 
sub do_this {
    # ignore . and .. 
  return if /^\.\.?$/; 
 
  if (-d) {
      if($_excludeList && exists($_excludeListing{$_})) {
          print "Skipping dir: $File::Find::name\n";
          return;
      }
      if($_expcludeMain && $_ eq "$dir") {
          print "Skipping dir: $File::Find::name\n";
          return;
      }
#    print "Removing dir: $File::Find::name\n"; 
#    rmdir; 
  } else { 
    print "."; 
    $_amountOfFiles++;
    unlink; 
  }
}

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Where unlink is, what do I put to rename the file, IF it ends in .jpg to a Random string.jpg?

Instead of unlink?

I have not been writing Perl programming for a few years, and I feel like I'm getting dementia... I am at a total loss on it.

Can you point me in the right direction?
Please.

Rich

In reply to Renaming Every File in a directory by Anonymous Monk

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