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sg3
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Jan 28, 2013, 5:17 AM

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rename file after script finishes	Can't Post

Hey guys,

I'm a little stuck here. I have a perl script that is working on couple of files and saving them to a directory and right now it's something like this:

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gzcat my_file1.gz | my_perl.pl > tmp_output_file1.txt

So the question is quite simple but I can't figure out how to do it in the perl file. I need to, when the script has finished working one 1 file, to rename just that 1 files. Please note that the same script is working on couple of files at a time, so in same directory there might be a file with name tmp_output_file2.txt for example that is not finished and it shouldn't be renamed.

Thanks

Laurent_R
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Jan 29, 2013, 5:51 AM

Post #2 of 2 (179 views)

Re: [sg3] rename file after script finishes [In reply to]	Can't Post

Just try this:

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rename $old_name, $new_name;

If you wrote to the file, make sure your file is closed before doing this.

(This post was edited by Laurent_R on Jan 29, 2013, 5:52 AM)

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