On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Frodo Baggins wrote: __________________________________________
> In debian dist there is a perl scrip called > rename, which allows you to transform your filenames as you > please:). For instance, to transform ONE.HTM, TWO.HTM, THREE.HTM into > one.html, two.html, three.html you write: > > rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/;s/\.htm$/.html/g' *.HTM > > to just transform all names from uppercase to lowercase you can use > > rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' * __________________________________________ This: ******************************************* rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/;s/\.htm$/.html/g' *.HTM ******************************************* looks very very BEATIFUL to my eyes! (I'm an old matchematician, besides that sanskrit, Japanese and Chinse scholar as well, I've studied Buddhism for some years.) I wanted to learn Perl after seeing this command. ___________________________________________ But, ALAS! My box doesn't know the 'rename' command yet. In which package is that command available? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________