chdir("e:\\perl\\comics\\");
foreach my $fname (glob("*.png")) {
    my $append = "0" x (7 - length($fname));
    rename($fname, $append.$fname) or die "Cannot rename $fname";
}

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Update:

in all honesty, for my usage I'd have written

perl -e 'rename($_,("0"x(7-length($_))).$_) for glob("*.png")'

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from the appropriate directory

But it's probably best to maintain some readability when messing around with the filesystem

Update2:

rename($_,substr("000$_",-7)) is even groovier ( borrowed from EdwardG ), although it'll mess you up, if there are longer names, while the previous version won't

In reply to Re: Optimize file renaming. by ivancho
in thread Optimize file renaming. by omega_monk

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