#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; for (my $i = 1; $i < 10; $i++) { my $filename = time . rand; print "$filename\n"; open FILE, ">$filename"; print FILE "BOOGA BOOGA $i\n"; close FILE; } # If that's not unique enough, try this: for (my $i = 1; $i < 10; $i++) { my $filename = time() . rand() . rand(); print "$filename\n"; open FILE, ">$filename"; print FILE "BOOGA BOOGA 2 x $i\n"; close FILE; } __END__