>Actually, if the original specification is co=
>rrect, 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 rena=
>me or move operations were done in an order to avoid attempts to overwrite =
>existing names.

That's correct. So renaming needs to start at the end. (There are actually 24 files in the directory.)

so renaming:

ccna.pod24.pc1.ext to ccna.pod25.pc1.ext

needs to happen before renaming:

ccna.pod23.pc1.ext to ccna.pod24.pc1.ext

and so on down to:

ccna.pod1.pc1.ext to ccna.pod2.pc1.ext

Dennisk

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