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From: moss@BRL.MIL (VLD/VMB)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re:  simple question about mv
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Date: 30 Jan 89 15:52:39 GMT
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Guy Harris writes:
>>Well, this should work under a Bourne shell:
>>$ for i in *.flip
>>> do   mv $i `basename $i .flip` .flop
> ...
>
>Assuming, of course, that all the files are in the current directory,
>since "basename" will not only strip off the ".flip", but will also
>strip off all the directories leading up to the name (i.e., it will turn
>"/usr/src/nemo/cigar.flip" into "cigar", not into
>"/usr/src/nemo/cigar").
Well, first off, I made a typo, though I really did test this out first,
alas I typed it wrong in the note, it should be:

	mv $i `basename $i .flip`.flop    # note, no space after 2nd `

Secondly, although Guy is correct that this does not work in general, it
*does* work as a solution to the original question; how to do:

	mv *.flip *.flop

I actually used 'sed' first which is more general, but thought that this
was easier for the novice to understand.
-moss