Re: Creating Filenames using variables

Try a little something like this:

$mon =~ s/(.+)(\..+)/$1_`date \+\%m\%d\%Y`\.$2/e;
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Update : /e added to end of regex to fix error. (Thanks to EvanK)

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Re: Re: Creating Filenames using variables by EvanK (Chaplain) on Feb 09, 2001 at 00:18 UTC
good idea including the date process in the regex. still forgot the `/e` regex flag though, and the original post used `system`, not backquotes ______________________________________________ When I get a little money, I buy books. If I have any left over, I buy food and clothes. -Erasmus	[reply] [d/l] [select]