system command

From: Andrea Spitaleri (spiritelllo_at_interfree.it)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: 31 Mar 2004 00:16:54 -0800

Hi
if a dir contains file like 1.pov 2.pov 3.pov 4.pov 5.pov 6.pov ..
n.pov
I use to do:
foreach in $index (1 .. n){
system ("povray $index.pov")}
but if I have got something like a.pov gf.pov fr.pov .....zz.pov
(randoms name with the same extension), how may I do for using system?

and

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