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From: "Calvin (Eric) Vette" <calvin@axe.ut.wayne.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Newbie Question: mv *.t *.txt ????
Date: 23 Feb 1995 22:57:26 GMT
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.A.
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jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken) wrote:
>
> : 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
>
> --
> Jeff Aitken
> jaitken@vt.edu
>
While the basename example is more systematic, you can also try
foreach file ( *.t )
foreach? mv $file $file:r.txt
foreach? end
The :r refers to the root filename. It's shorter than the
basename example, which is why I use it over basename.
calvin
calvin@axe.ut.wayne.edu