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if($file =~ /^NQSname.+\.txt$/){ rename ($file,'NQSname.txt'); } ######### -----Original Message----- From: Nishi Bhonsle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 5:29 PM To: beginners perl Subject: strip Hi: I have a filenames such as NQSname_l_cs.txt, NQSname_l_da.txt, NQSname_l_zh- tw.txt etc. I would like to modify these filenames such that they are NQSname.txt What regex i could use to modify these filenames? Thanks much. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>