SYNOPSIS

use File::Rename qw(rename); # hide CORE::rename
rename @ARGV, sub { s/\.pl\z/.pm/ }, 1;
use File::Rename;
File::Rename::rename @ARGV, '$_ = lc';

DESCRIPTION

"rename( FILES, CODE [, VERBOSE])"

rename FILES using CODE, if FILES is empty read list of files from stdin

"rename_files( CODE, VERBOSE, FILES)"

rename FILES using CODE

"rename_list( CODE, VERBOSE, HANDLE [, FILENAME])"

rename a list of file read from HANDLE, using CODE

OPTIONS

FILES

List of files to be renamed, for "rename" must be an array

CODE

Subroutine to change file names, for "rename" can be a string, otherside a code reference

VERBOSE

Flag for printing names of files successfully renamed, optional for "rename"

HANDLE

Filehandle to read file names to be renames

FILENAME (Optional)

Name of file that HANDLE reads from

HASH

Either CODE or VERBOSE can be a HASH of options.

If CODE is a HASH, VERBOSE is ignored and CODE is supplied by the _code key.

Other options are

verbose

As VERBOSE above, provided by -v.

no_action

Print names of files to be renamed, but do not rename (i.e. take no action), provided by -n.

over_write

Allow files to be over-written by the renaming, provided by -f.

show_help

Print help, provided by -h.

show_manual

Print manual page, provided by -m.

show_version

Print version number, provided by -V.

EXPORT

None by default.

AUTHOR

Robin Barker <[email protected]>

Acknowledgements

Based on code from Larry Wall.

Options -e, -f, -n suggested by more recent code written by Aristotle Pagaltzis.

DIAGNOSTICS

Errors from the code argument are not trapped.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 by Robin Barker

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.4 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.