On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 02:22 +0800, adrian kok wrote: > Hi all > > how can I have script to rename the following > directory pattern from > > > > from > > dir-192.168.30.0 > dir-192.168.30.144 > dir-192.168.30.184 > > > To: > > > dir-10.0.30.0 > dir-10.0.30.144 > dir-10.0.30.184 If you are just renaming directories, or files, and not files in directories, the following should work: for i in 0 144 184 ; do mv dir-192.168.30.$i dir-10.0.30.$i ; done Or in a bit prettier form: for i in 0 144 184 do mv dir-192.168.30.$i dir-10.0.30.$i done Phil _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos