my $f_sep="/"; my $t_sep="."; foreach my $f_fold ("testsub/testsub3", "testsub.testsub3" ) { my $t_fold; print "From Folder [$f_fold]\n"; $t_fold = $f_fold; my $t_fold2 = $f_fold; $t_fold =~ s@\Q$f_sep@$t_sep@g; $t_fold2 =~ s@\Q$t_sep@$f_sep@g; #$t_fold =~ s@/@.@g; print "To /. Folder [$t_fold]\n"; print "To ./ Folder2[$t_fold2]\n\n"; }