simple question about mv

Michael C. Nolan nolan at tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
Sun Jan 29 17:07:44 AEST 1989


In article <18216 at adm.BRL.MIL> DEG41560 at ua1vm.ua.edu (Rob Smith) writes:
>
> I know this is simple, but then again, so am I.  What if I want to mv a bunch
>of files with the same suffix to another suffix. 

There is a program rename available by anonymous ftp from csli.stanford.edu 
in the directory pub/Gandalf.  It seems to work fine for me, and does what
you want and a bit more, like convert case, etc.  It looks like
rename suff1=suff2 *.suff1

-Mike

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