I believe in my very limited knowledge that the command is
mv oldfilename newfilename
e.g. mv mydocument mydocument.bak
Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Sher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 31 May 2001 04:37
To: Newbie
Subject: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?
Dear friends:
Let's say I have the following files:
File1
File2
File3
etc.
Now, normally to make a backup copy of each, I would do the following:
cp File1 File1.bk
cp File2 File2.bk
cp File3 file3.bk
etc.
My question: Is there a SINGLE command that would allow me to create backups
for hundreds of files within a directory at one blow, that is, so as to
create the series of backups above:
File1 File1.bk
File2 File2.bk
File3 file3.bk
etc.
In other words, is there a command that would allow me to do this all at
once
from within a directory rather than manually copy each file one at a time?
Thanks so very much.
Benjamin
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