bulk rename pod1 > pod2 needed

[Stephen P Rufle]

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.
>>