# ls -l -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 0 Mar 19 16:24 this is the first file -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 0 Mar 19 16:24 this is the second file -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 0 Mar 19 16:24 this is the third file
I want to rename the files, to say, first, second, etc # ls -1 | perl -ne 'print $1,"\n" if /(\w+)\s+file$/' first second third now try use rename # ls -1 | perl -ne 'rename $_ , $1 if /(\w+)\s+file$/' won't work, like nothing happed? why? Thanks in advance. ciwei -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
