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Old 10-02-2009
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Hi All

I am having hundred over file in the below pattern.

Code:
AA050101.INI  
BB090101.INI
.
.
ZX980101.INI

Need to rename these files with an extension .bak
Code:
AA050101.INI.bak  
BB090101.INI.bak
.
.
ZX980101.INI.bak

only first 4 digits are variant

i tried using mv ????0101.INI ????0101.INI.bak, but unable to do so.

Kindly suggest

Thanks with anticipation
# 2  
Old 10-02-2009
I would suggest a for loop, but what shell are you using so we can provide the correct syntax for your script?
# 3  
Old 10-02-2009
renaming

HI,
Code:
mv *0101.INI *0101.INI.BAK

# 4  
Old 10-02-2009
Or

Code:
ls ????0101.INI | xargs -I{} mv {} {}.bak

# 5  
Old 10-02-2009
Code:
for file in ????0101.INI
do
  mv "$file" "$file.bak"
done

# 6  
Old 10-02-2009
Lot of good solutions !!

But which solved your issue !! & What is the problem ?!
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