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From: jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Newbie Question: mv *.t *.txt ????
Date: 19 Feb 1995 13:52:32 -0500
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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: Hany Nagib (hany@ritz.mordor.com) wrote:
: : I know this must be a very simple question, but it's not in the FAQ.
: : "mv" looks like it works exactly like "rename" in DOS, except when using
: : wild card. For example if I wanted to rename all my .t files to .txt, I
: : expect "mv *.t *.txt" to work .. but it doesn't. Why ? And how do I
: : accomplish this in BSD unix ?
This works in {t}csh:
foreach file ( *.t )
foreach? mv $file `basename $file .t`.txt
foreach? end
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Jeff Aitken
jaitken@vt.edu