-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thom Paine wrote: >> >>A little while loop would be one way to do this: >> >>ls "Family Pic"*.jpg | while read i; do mv "$i" $(echo $i | tr " " _) >> > > > I tried this command and it gives me a> prompt and sits there. Am I > doing something wrong? > > And thanks to all the replies. Tonight's not my night. There should be a "; done" at the end. As in ls "Family Pic"*.jpg | while read i; do mv "$i" $(echo $i | tr " " _); done But as Patrick and Mikkel pointed out, the for loop would work and that's less typing. :) - -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xD654075A | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ====================================================================== Teach a man to make fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life. -- John A. Hrastar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: When crypto is outlawed bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. iG0EARECAC0FAkTBi2cmGGh0dHA6Ly93d3cucG9ib3guY29tL350bXovcGdwL3Rt ei5hc2MACgkQuv+09NZUB1qK9wCfWcu+GhCjZrEQIG78ULRRn0s+8KIAmwazFMKk YQ5QTm9J+DbiLSPGSXuk =co/d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list