bulk rename pod1 > pod2 needed

[Eric Shubert]

http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_02_03.html

Stephen P Rufle wrote:
> Is there a way to single step bash script to inspect what is going on? I
> have preferred python for this reason. I write what I think will work in
> eclipse and then run it once single stepping in debug mode to make sure
> what I meant is what is actually happening.
> 
> 
> Joe wrote:
>> That is what my script does. The sort -rn -k 1.9 says, sort reverse 
>> numeric with key 1 character position 9. I also check to make sure that 
>> another file is not dropped in there during processing of the script.
>>
>>
>> Dazed_75 wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Dennis Kibbe 
>>> <dennisk at sdf.lonestar.org <mailto:dennisk at sdf.lonestar.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Can someone suggest a way to rename a directory of files like this:
>>>
>>>     ccna.pod1.pc1.ext is renamed to ccna.pod2.pc1.ext
>>>     ccna.pod2.pc1.ext is renamed to ccna.pod3.pc1.ext
>>>
>>>     and so on.
>>>
>>>     (Aside: Hans, if I were able to take your scripting class I won't
>>>     be asking this now. :-)
>>>
>>>     Dennisk
>>>
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>>> Actually, if the original specification is correct, probably none of 
>>> the solutions proposed is likely to work.  It appears that the target 
>>> name for the first rename is the same as the source for the second.  
>>> If this were true one would have to ensure that rename or move 
>>> operations were done in an order to avoid attempts to overwrite 
>>> existing names.
>>>


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