-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Fabia, try something like this: for f in prefix-*; do n=`echo $f | sed -e 's/prefix-//'`; echo $f $n; done Make sure you use backticks for the n= part of the line! When you replace 'echo' with 'mv' the files get renamed. :-) Have fun! Harry - --On Monday, November 22, 2004 12:57:40 -0300 Fabio Zyserman <zyserman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have some files in a directory, called > prefix-file1 > prefix-file2 > etc > > I want to rename them to > file1 > file2 > etc > > How can I do it with a bash command? - -- 1024D/40F14012 18F3 736A 4080 303C E61E 2E72 7E05 1F6E 40F1 4012 - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GIT/S dx s: a C++ ULS++++$ P+++ L+++$ !E W++ N+ o? K? !w !O !M V PS+ PE Y? PGP+++ t+ 5-- X+ R+ !tv b++ DI++ D+ G e* h r++ y++ - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBohcSfgUfbkDxQBIRAhFkAJ9+2zjDXYqe3jfiEihAcBBfabxrgACfT1Uc dLphj9Bv4wr3Md9+JhspsAI= =FWw3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
