Re^2: Renaming non-ascii files

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Re^3: Renaming non-ascii files by halley (Prior) on Jun 01, 2005 at 13:04 UTC
Excuse me, jon12. It's not just that they're typos. If you want people to help you research and fix the functionality, you're going to have to provide something that compiles. People tinker with your code until they're SURE they are giving sound advice on how to fix it. It's like asking someone why the car won't start, but refusing to unlock the doors or open the hood. And I don't see anything sarcastic in the current version of davidj's posting. -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply]
Re^3: Renaming non-ascii files by JamesNC (Chaplain) on Jun 01, 2005 at 13:20 UTC
Try using the file test operators -B or -T to test for binary or text file `perldoc -f -B`. rename works for me on XP and 5.8.4 and works on both binary and plain text. Use a one liner and prove it to yourself `perl -le "rename 'somefile.xls', 'somefile2.xls'"` I would suggest learning more about glob and the file test operators. I usually glob a list of files from the directory I want and then operate on the resulting list. There are lots of other ways to do this. Perhaps a simle example will get you started: `my (@files) = glob "c:/progs/*"; #list of progs my (@dirs, @binfiles, @textfiles); foreach my $f( @files ) { -d $f ? push @dirs, $f : -f $f && -B $f ? push @binfiles, $f : -f $f && -T $f ? push @textfiles, $f : next; }` [download] JamesNC	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Renaming non-ascii files by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 02, 2005 at 09:54 UTC
Please note that `glob` is a byzantine way of finding files and it relies heavily on the idea that no part of the glob pattern will contain a space. That idea is prevalent in much of the Unix mindset, but it easily fails on Win32 (unless you start and take care to quote the whitespace). If you're sure that your paths cannot and will not contain spaces, `glob` is convenient to use. If there is the possibility that the patterns will contain spaces, I found it more convenient to use File::Find (or File::Find::Rule) right from the start.	[reply]


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