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From: Peter Childs <pjchilds@imforei.apana.org.au>
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To: hmmm@alaska.net (hmmm), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: multiple files
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.95.960924203341.562B-100000@hmmm.alaska.net> you wrote:
: how can i rename multiple files w/o doing it 1-by-1?

: ie,

: abc.tar.gz > abc.tgz
: def.tar.gz > def.tgz
: hij.tar.gz > hij.tgz

 foreach i ( *.tar.gz )
 mv $i $i:r.tgz
 end

 Peter

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