#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# regmv - Rename files using a regular expression
#
# This program renames files by using a regular expression to
# determine their new name.
#
# Usage: regmv file [file ...] regexp
#
# $Id: regmv,v 1.1 1998/10/14 17:07:55 blrfl Exp $
#

sub at_clean()
{
    my $message = $@;
    $message =~ s|\s+at /.*$||s;
    return $message;
}

(@ARGV > 1)
    || die "Usage: regmv [options] file [file ...] regexp\n";

my $expr = pop @ARGV;

$_ = 'SomeValue';
eval "\$_ =~ $expr";
die "Yuck: " . at_clean() if $@;

foreach (@ARGV)
{
    my $old = $_;

    eval "\$_ =~ $expr";

    next if $_ eq $old;

    (rename $old, $_)
        || die "Rename failed: $!\n";
}