Rob E McCormick wrote: > > > How are the new file names defined? Are they based on the old file > > names or something else? > > > > open IN, $old_filename > > or die "cannot open $old_filename for reading: $!"; > > open OUT,">$newdir/$with_new_filename" > > or die "cannot create $newdir/$with_new_filename: $!"; > > Thanks for your suggestions....I would like to take each old filename > ('ex020525.log' or exyymmdd.log...) and output > > 'exyymmdd.new' or even 'exyymmdd.log.new'
To apply this to your original program you could do something like this: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $newdir = '/something'; $^I = "$newdir/*.new"; while ( <> ) { if ( m!^#|CommunityID=399|/developersupport/testfiles|/remotegadgets/marks/gadget! ) { print; } } __END__ John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]