Here is the --help from this script:

Usage: ./fixname.pl options target

target          either a file or a directory

This script changes file names to more user friendly ones

Options:
-h, --help              display this help screen
-V, --version           display version information
-S, --sub-space=X       substitute spaces in the file name with a spec
+ified char  
acter
-s, --strip             remove all spaces from the file name
-l, --lower             transfer all upper case letters in the filenam
+e into low  
er case letters
-u, --upper             transfer all lower case letters in the filenam
+e into upp  
er case letters
-v, --verbose           give verbose informations use multiple times t
+o get even  
 more verbose output
-d, --dir-only          only change directory names
-f, --file-only         only change file names
-F, --force             the script will change file names even if the 
+destinatio  
n name already exists
-t, --trim=X            trims the filename to given length ( must be m
+ore than 0  
 length )
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I have also started to write a .pod documentation for the script, my first one indeed so please fell free to criticise.

You can get both the script source and pod doc in tar.gz format from http://kewlnet.int.pl/~karql/fixname.tar.gz

What are my concerns right now?
Well the most irritating thing is fat type drives, because FILE and file are treated the same so --lower and --upper function by themselv won't change the filename ( it seems to work if used with something that changes characters in the file or its lenght like --trim or --subspace )
I was wondering if You could point me in a direction to solve this problem.

Another thing is about the features, those implemented are beacuse I found them useful, I would like to know what is useful for the most of us, is this script even worth further development?

I was thinking on adding --regex to allow direct control over file changing, but the question is should I give control over the whole regexp and pass it as an eval ? or take only the args double-check them and pass it into my preset regular expression? Should I allow the regex to modifie the file extension ( if it exists ? ); or should I forget about implementing regexps at all ?

Also I am wondering about the code, how do you find it? Is it passable ? In the means of efficiency, and maybe style? If not on what parts should I focus?

There is a second reason for this post, I thougth that maybe someone will find this useful like I did.


I am sorry for my grammar mistakes as english is not my native language.