rename(3): program to modify a set f - (nf)

[mdoerr at uklirb.UUCP]

I happen to use the following shell script for the same purpose:

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#!/bin/csh
#
# rename:	Globally rename a set of files with a common substring
#		into a set of files with another common substring
#
# example:	Suppose you have the files
#		info-atari16.digest.01 ... info-atari16.digest.30
#		and want to rename these files to
#		dgstia16.001 ... dgstia16.030.
#		Then issue the command
#		rename '*digest*' 'info-atari16\.digest\.' 'dgstia16\.0'
#		and your job is done.
#

foreach index ( $1 )
mv $index `ls $index | sed s/$2/$3/`
end
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	Michael Doerr, Uni. of Kaiserlautern
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