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Old 07-01-2009
rakeshawasthi rakeshawasthi is offline
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Code:
for i in *:*
do
mv $i `echo $i|cut -d":" -f1`
done
Run the below command separately
Code:
echo $i|cut -d":" -f1
to make sure you are getting what you want.