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From: decot@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Need a file renaming facility
Message-ID: <6060008@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Apr 88 23:13:22 GMT
References: <3564@fluke.COM>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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To move *.r.pre to *.r, do this:

	% sh
	$ for i in *.pre
	> do
	>     name=`echo $i | sed 's/.pre$//'`
	>     mv $i $name
	> done
	$ exit
        % 

Dave Decot
hpda!decot