#!/usr/bin/perl -w $op = shift or die "Usage: rename expr [files]\n"; chomp(@ARGV = ) unless @ARGV; for ( @ARGV ) { $was = $_; eval $op; die $@ if $@; rename ( $was, $_ ) unless $was eq $_; } #### perl rename.pl 's/Blah Blah - \d{2} - //' * perl rename.pl 's/^Blah Blah - \d{2} - //' *