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Date:      Wed, 31 Jan 2001 07:36:42 -0500
From:      Eric Johnson <eric@coding-zone.com>
To:        Ana Romero <anar@ees2.oulu.fi>
Cc:        Questions FreeBSD <questions@freeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: fast answer is needed about commands
Message-ID:  <20010131073642.A13574@h0040f6849012.ne.mediaone.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0101311419040.22753-100000@stekt56>; from anar@ees2.oulu.fi on Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 02:24:21PM %2B0200
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.30.0101311419040.22753-100000@stekt56>

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On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 02:24:21PM +0200, Ana Romero wrote:
> 
> HI!!
> 
> I have many files named like XXX-new which I want to move to XXX. I
> mean,
> 
> mv  XXX-new  XXX
> 
> 
> Can I do it in once in some way? I mean, I would like to do
> 
> mv  *-new   *
> 
> but it is not allowed

many ways to do this, but you could type the following commands
into your /bin/sh or /usr/local/bin/bash prompt.  of course, you
have to be in the directory where the files are located...

for i in *-new
do
  f=`echo $i | tr -d -- -new`
  mv $i $f
done

-- 
Best Regards,
Eric Johnson            (eric@coding-zone.com && http://www.coding-zone.com)
  
Cthulhu for President!
	(If you're tired of choosing the lesser of two evils.)


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