ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What are the ideal languages for the following examples?
>
> 1. Starting from a certain folder, look in the subfolders for all
> filenames matching *FOOD*.txt Any files matching in each folder should
> be copied to a new subfolder within the current folder called EATING
> with a new name of *FOOD*COPY.txt
Bash?
for f in *FOOD*.txt; do cp ${f} EATING/${f}COPY.txt; done
Or "mmv", a linux utility:
mmv '*FOOD*.txt' 'EATING/#1FOOD#2COPY.txt'
For the rest, I personally for choose python.
Dan
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