Hello,

I am trying to rename every file and directory recursively. Here is my script: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w 

use strict;
use File::Find;

my $dir = shift;

find (\&rem_space, $dir);

sub rem_space {
    my ($new, $orig);
    $new = $orig = $_;
    $new =~ s/\s+/_/g;
    rename("$orig", "$new");
}

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I get this error:
Can't cd to (dir/) A DIR : No such file or directory
for each directory that was at the first level. The directories on the first level get renamed but the rest do not. So find is trying to cd into the directory name before it was renamed.

So how do I rename directories recursively?

Thanks,
blax

In reply to Renaming Directories Recursively by blax

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