Also look into globs...
- B __________________ the use of the term system come to mind or the character `systemcommands` or @filelist = `dir *.mp3 /b` also comes to mind. ^^ Eric On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Jeff Hooge wrote: > All right, first off I'm a total perl newbie (about 2 days now) and am > looking for some resources on how to do a few things. Resources, meaning, > don't tell me how to write the script just point me in the right direction > of where to start. Also this may be an easy thing to do but remember I'm > still learning. > > So heres what I'm trying to do, I have a few folders with about 50-100 mp3s > that I want to go threw and rename each file. Well going threw selecting > them and then renaming gets rather boring so I'm wanting to write a perl > script that will do this for me. Something like: > > you specify the folder name > it opens that folder > gets the first file > prints how many files are left > prints the file name > asks for new name > renames file > gets next filename > then repeats > > So what I figure, I'll use a 'for' loop, get the file name, store it in > $ThisName, get the new file name from $NewName=<>, then $ThisName =$NewName, > then rename the actual file. To me the logic seems like it would work, but > as I said, I'm new to perl. Is this the right direction that I need to be > going? And can someone point me as to where I can find info on getting > filenames from folders then writing new names. Thanks for the help! > > jeffh > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
