On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Dennis Kibbe <
dennisk@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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