Dear Monks - thought i had succeded but today became stuck,
would you please be able to say how my line  (-f && '$_, !~ /^\./' &&  ($age > $limit))might be fixed to rename the files that do not begin with a dot?
atm. the script renames all files that are aged, ignoring dot prefix.
- thanks
Mark 

my $limit = 20;
find (\&CheckFile, "/Users/admin/Documents/ScriptTest/");

sub CheckFile {
    $File::Find::name;
    my  $age = -M;

    if (-f && '$_, !~ /^\./' &&  ($age > $limit)) {
    

    rename  ( $_, ".$_")   or die "rename failed: $!";
       }


else {
    print $File::Find::name;
    print  " is a youthfull ",int($age)," days old\n";
       }
}

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In reply to Rename old files that do not begin with a dot by blowupp

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