#!/usr/local/bin/perl #this file derived from n1nlf-1:~> /usr/bin/perl rotate.pl for ($counter=0; $counter<=81; $counter++) { # create filenames $fileu = sprintf("out_%05d.rgb", $counter); $filev = sprintf("v%03d.ppm", $counter); printf("doing file $filev\n"); `toppm $fileu $filev`; printf("done $filev, so about to delete $fileu\n"); `rm $fileu` }