I want to move files ( about 1000 files ) from /tmp/edp1 to /tmp/edp2, all files are no extension, I want to add .txt to the end of all files ( eg. the original file name is oracl , the new file name should be oracl.txt ) , could suggest what can I do ? thx

thx reply,
I tried it , but it pop the below message , could suggest what is wrong ? thx

mv: cannot stat `orictmd': No such file or directory

You're not in the correct working directory.

Just cd /tmp/edp1 before starting the for loop.

The code below would be slightly faster (can be made even faster with shell builtins for the mv, but anyway....)

cd /tmp/edp1
ls | while read file; do
mv $file /tmp/edp2/$file.txt
done

Cheers
ZB

There is a shell builtin for mv ?

What is it ? Where is it documented ?

I checked the man pages for bash under the section SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS.


-vino

I had some stuff in my post that I removed (involving the use of another command within backticks within the mv - that's where I was talking about shell builtins) before posting and I forgot to remove that comment. Whooops....

That'll teach me to be more careful when making edits

Cheers
ZB