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From: Kenneth Ingham <ingham@i-pi.com>
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Subject: Re: multiple files
To: hmmm@alaska.net (hmmm)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 18:37:21 -0600 (MDT)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960924203341.562B-100000@hmmm.alaska.net> from "hmmm" at Sep 24, 96 08:36:48 pm
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> how can i rename multiple files w/o doing it 1-by-1?
> 
> abc.tar.gz > abc.tgz
> def.tar.gz > def.tgz
> hij.tar.gz > hij.tgz
> 
> ??? (sh shell)

#! /bin/sh
for f in *.tar.gz
do
    mv $f `echo $f | sed 's/tar\.gz$/tgz/'`
done

Kenneth