Names changed to protect the guilty - can I do this while the file is open, or do I need to close it first? Please excuse my hideous indentation, it's a work in progress. 
#!/usr/bin/perl

@incoming = ( `ls /home/user/perl/testincoming` );

foreach $directory (@incoming) {
     chomp($directory);
     @files = ( `ls /home/user/perl/testincoming/$directory` );
     foreach $file (@files) {
       $pattern = "PGP";
        open(FILE,"/home/user/perl/testincoming/$directory/$file") or 
+die "Could
n't open $file";
         while (<FILE>) {
           if (/\Q$pattern\E/) {
              my $newname=$file;
              $newname=~s/^./o/;
              rename ($file, $newname);
        }
        close FILE;
    }
}
}

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