Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 05:37:59 GMT From: efinley@efinley.com (Elliot Finley) To: David Empey <empey@integral.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two Questions Message-ID: <3677f544.132595217@mail.afnetinc.com> In-Reply-To: <199812150423.XAA12491@integral.on.ca> References: <199812150423.XAA12491@integral.on.ca>
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For the first question, get mmv from the ports.
As for the second question... I dunno.
On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 23:23:59 -0500, you wrote:
>There are a couple of things I need to be able to do, but which I'm having
>trouble figuring out how to do. I *hope* the answers aren't as obvious as
>I fear they are :)
>
>First, I need to be able to change the extension on a large number of files
>in a directory from *.txt to *.ltr, but I cannot seem to get the mv (or
>the cp and rm) commands to do the job. Is there something easier to do
>than renaming the files one by one?
>
>Second, I'm writing a shell script to take input for the 'at' command.
>Using 'read' to get input for the time and day are no problem, but I'm
>having trouble devising a way to get a list of commands to run. What I
>have in mind is this: read in variables for time and day, run the at
>command (from a script) with the time and place as arguments. However,
>what I need is a way to get the script to get a list of commands from the
>user, or else perhaps a way to run the command (from the script) so that it
>gives the user a chance to input a list of commands as would be the case if
>it was run from the command line.
>
>Any suggestions appreciated, with thanks!
>
>David Empey
>ICQ #7283765
>
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