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From: "Julian S. Hing" <blades1@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: Gotta Date?
Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 15:39:49 -0400
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For most shells, this should work.  
"mv file file.new"
-Julian Hing
Blades1@ix.netcom.com   B^}
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From: RGireyev@bellind.com
To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Date: Friday, May 09, 1997 3:32 PM
Subject: Gotta Date?

>Hi!
>
>I am trying to rename a file by appending a curent
>name to the end of it. For example if I have a file
>called beavis I want to rename it to beavis.05091997
>
>Any ideas????
>
>Thanks
>
>P.S. Lemme know which shell your suggestion is for
>
>
>
>
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