bulk rename pod1 > pod2 needed

[Joe]

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
>
>     --
>     "Free as in Freedom"
>     Free Software Foundation
>     ---------------------------------------------------
>     PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>     <mailto:PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>     To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>     http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>
> 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.
>
> -- 
> Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only 
> animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and 
> what they ought to be.
>  - William Hazlitt
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss