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From: ken@rochester.UUCP
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Subject: Re: rename(3): program to modify a set file names
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Date: Sun, 1-Mar-87 15:44:30 EST
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I thought I would share my often used one-liner to change (for example)
.pas suffixes to .p:

ls *.pas | sed 's/\(.*\)\.pas$/mv & \1.p/' | sh

Adding and deleting portions is left as an exercise for the reader.

	Ken