I got this sub to generate a random filename for my app that renames stuff. 
sub random_filename
    {
    my($length_limit, $extension);        # examples: $length_limit = 
+255, $extension = '.jpg'
    my($current_length, $random_filename);
    
    $length_limit = shift();
    $extension    = shift();
    
    for ($current_length = 1; $current_length >= $length_limit; $curre
+nt_length++)
        {
        $random_filename .= chr(int(rand(26) + 97));    # range from l
+owercase a to lowercase z
        last() unless (int(rand($length_limit)));        # 1/$length_l
+imit chance of quitting the loop each run through
        }
        
    $random_filename .= $extension;
    
    return($random_filename);
    }

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But it always returns a string with just $extension, and I have not a clue why. Any aid?

In reply to generating random filenames by Amoe

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