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Can someone help me regarding how I can do that within my $step variable? How can I say "if we are at step x, check step x-1 exists and create step x+1"?

At this point you really should step back from your thinking on how to solve your "problem" and reexamine the overall task. Please say what you're really trying to do (beyond manipulating filenames), and especially what data you want to have available as your "backup."

It's possible that your whole premise "a script for data handling that will loop through a variety of files and do a variety of things" could be misguided.

The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re^3: check for latest file, remove and touch file? by 1nickt
in thread check for latest file, remove and touch file? by fasoli

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