Hi all,

I'm trying to rename a directory of html-files:

index.php?page=start

should become

start.html

I've lost track of all the pipes and brackets and decided I need some help ;-)

Many thanks.

I am sorry, but I do not quite understand your question.
rename: the command is mv (be it directory or file


if you want to rename multiple files, you need a loop, something like

for i in `ls `
do
.....
done

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Sorry for being confusing.

I have multiple files in 1 directory, they are called:

index.php?page=start
index.php?page=info
index.php?page=contact
etc...

And I want to rename them all into

start.html
info.html
contact.html
etc...

thanks again.

See if this works:

for i in `ls index*`; do
mv $i `echo $i | awk -F= '{print $2'}`.html;
done

That worked
I'm heading for the man pages now to find ot why ;-)

Thanks a lot.