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Copying, renaming, and identifying the different properties of a file is vital to many scripts. This chapter includes scripts that rename files according to a regular expression, a 'programmers' file lister, and a selection of scripts for managing and resolving symbolically linked files.
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TitleScript NameStatus
Checking for the Existence of Different Files filetest.pl No Change
Reading Filenames ls.pl No Change
Renaming a Group of Files renspec.pl No Change
Renaming Files with Larry Wall's Rename Script rename.pl No Change
Getting File Information exfi.pl No Change
Generating a Programmers File List pl.pl No Change
Moving Links Across File Systems mvlink.pl No Change
Updating Links relink.pl No Change
Using Link Expander to Locate Files explink.pl No Change

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