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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Move files using wildcards ??? Post 12295 by LivinFree on Tuesday 25th of December 2001 01:22:00 AM
Old 12-25-2001
Well, on some systems (at least Linux systems), there IS a "rename" command. It is MUCH more portable to use "mv", however...

man rename #on a Slackware system:
Code:
RENAME(1)           Linux Programmer's Manual           RENAME(1)

NAME
       rename - Rename files

SYNOPSIS
       rename from to file...

DESCRIPTION
       rename  will rename the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of
       from in their name by to.

       For example, given the files foo1, ..., foo9, foo10, ..., foo278,  the  com-
       mands

              rename foo foo0 foo?
              rename foo foo0 foo??

       will turn them into foo001, ..., foo009, foo010, ..., foo278.

       And
              rename .htm .html *.htm

       will fix the extension of your html files.

SEE ALSO
       mv(1)

                          1 Januari 2000                        1

 

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explain_rename_or_die(3)				     Library Functions Manual					  explain_rename_or_die(3)

NAME
explain_rename_or_die - change the name of a file and report errors SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/rename.h> void explain_rename_or_die(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath); DESCRIPTION
The explain_rename_or_die function is used to call the rename(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from explain_rename(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example: explain_rename_or_die(oldpath, newpath); oldpath The oldpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call. newpath The newpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call. Returns: This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits. SEE ALSO
rename(2) change the name or location of a file explain_rename(3) explain rename(2) errors exit(2) terminate the calling process COPYRIGHT
libexplain version 0.52 Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller explain_rename_or_die(3)
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