On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:12:24 -0400, Kevin wrote:
But obviously not the best or easiest way. How is it I've used *nix for
all these years and never heard of this command?
Don't know, maybe because everyone uses mv to rename? But this sure looks
easier than a for loop:
RENAME(1) Linux
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 08:12:24AM -0400, Kevin MacNeil wrote:
But obviously not the best or easiest way. How is it I've used *nix for
all these years and never heard of this command?
I've wondered the same thing on a few occasions.
Maybe it's because mv is easier to use if you're only
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 08:12:24AM -0400, Kevin MacNeil wrote:
But obviously not the best or easiest way. How is it I've used *nix for
all these years and never heard of this command?
I've wondered the same thing on a few occasions.
Maybe
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 08:53:00AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
sometime after that is when it seems to have appeared as a regular
command. i could be wrong, feel free to correct me.
I first discovered rename when I was using Zoot (RHL 6.2) which
was released 2.5 years ago.
The file
Try :
mv old_file new_name
or
cp old_file new_file
Emmanuel Seyman [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit:
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 08:53:00AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: sometime after that is when it seems to have appeared as a regular command. i could be wrong, feel free to correct me.I first
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 04:17:36PM -0400, Brian Ashe wrote:
Wednesday, September 4, 2002, 3:59:19 PM, you textually orated:
BL I am trying to rename a bunch of files with extension .inc to .php
BL in one fell-swoop. Is there a set of commands I can pipe to each
BL other to do this like:
Title: Message
I am trying to
rename a bunch of files with extension .inc to .php in one fell-swoop. Is
there a set of commands I can pipe to each other to do this
like:
ls *.inc | xargs
or do I need to do a
for loop.
I read up a little
on xargs and on using the ` operator for
LucasSent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 2:59 PMTo:
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rename files
I am trying to
rename a bunch of files with extension .inc to .php in one fell-swoop.
Is there a set of commands I can pipe to each other to do this
like
Hello Brian,
Wednesday, September 4, 2002, 3:59:19 PM, you textually orated:
BL I am trying to rename a bunch of files with extension .inc to .php in one
BL fell-swoop. Is there a set of commands I can pipe to each other to do this
BL like:
BL ls *.inc | xargs
BL or do I need to do a
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 12:59:19PM -0700, Brian Lucas wrote:
I am trying to rename a bunch of files with extension .inc to .php in one
fell-swoop. Is there a set of commands I can pipe to each other to do this
like:
ls *.inc | xargs
or do I need to do a for loop.
rename .inc
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NEWBIE: Is there an easy way to rename files
try
this
mv
*.inc *.php.
You
should always backup or make a copy of the entire directory in which you are
operating.
With
great
Oh the curse of the obvious!
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Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 2:16 PM
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On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 12:59:19PM -0700, Brian Lucas wrote
On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Bob Buckley wrote:
Messagetry this
mv *.inc *.php.
assuming that you'd like to rename each .inc file to the corresponding
.php name, there's a handy utility called basename, which takes an
optional third argument as the suffix to strip from a filename.
so, change to the
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