Hi All,

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Find;

my $dir = shift;   #dir = the argument given on the command line (./fi
+lechng.pl testdir)

find(\&change_ext_if_file, "$dir"); #loops through dir scooping up all
+ it finds
                
    sub change_ext_if_file {   #called function

    my @files = @_;       #creates array

    foreach my $file (@files) {   ##loops through the array @files and
+ places each file into scalar $file

     if ((-f $file) && ($file =~ /pdf$/)) {   #checks if file and if e
+nds with pdf

            $file =~ s/pdf/doc/;    #replaces pdf with doc
    }
    }
    }

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Is this closer? It runs with no errors, but, still no changes. Cheers

EDIT: Good lord, I'm a dimwit at best. That above looks for the string inside the file, not changes the name. I now see my wrong in this...sorry for not picking that up any earlier than now. Cheers, again coolboarderguy...

In reply to Re^4: No Substitution Happening by coolboarderguy
in thread No Substitution Happening by coolboarderguy

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