note BrowserUk <blockquote><i> My question is HOW am i suppose to identify each and every html webpage i have, without the need of editing and embedding a string containing a number for them. </i></blockquote> <p>The full pathname of each file is already a unique identifier, why do you need a number also? <p>Converting the unique name to a unique number can be done in any number of ways: <ul><li>Put a list of all the paths into a file and then number them; </li><li>On *nix, the node id should be unique; </li><li>md5 the path; </li><li>crc64 the path; </li><li>A custom hashing function:<code> sub id{ my $n = 0; $n = ( $n << 1 ^ $_ ) for unpack 'Q(X7Q)*', $_[0]; $n };; print id( $_ ), ' : ', $_ for qw[ /home/nikos/public_html/folder/subfolder/index2.html /home/nikos/public_html/folder/subfoldre/index2.html /homa/nikos/public_html/folder/subfolder/index2.html /home/nikos/public_html/folder/subfoldre/index.html /home/nikos/public_html/folder/subfolder/index.html ];; 14395874431259872676 : /home/nikos/public_html/folder/subfolder/index2.html 18362554206005274164 : /home/nikos/public_html/folder/subfoldre/index2.html 14252040718160727460 : /homa/nikos/public_html/folder/subfolder/index2.html 534634562378736008 : /home/nikos/public_html/folder/subfoldre/index.html 2010048469067125824 : /home/nikos/public_html/folder/subfolder/index.html </code> </li></ul> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-171588"> <hr /> <font size=1 > <div>With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'</div> <div>Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.</div> <div>"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". </div> <div>In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. </div> </font> </div></div> 1014433 1014433