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Old 03-19-2012
looping through files, doing something, and rename in new folder

Hi,

I'm really new at this but have several hundred files that i need to do something with and save with a new name. The files are 26 columns wide. I want to select some for renaming. I've figured out what to do to each file ("file-1.CSV"| grep -v "=" | cut -f 1-4,9,14,15,18,19,20,21,22,24,26 > file-2.csv) it's the looping part that has me stumped.
Any help appreciated.

Bob
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Old 03-19-2012
What criteria do you want to use for renaming...
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Old 03-19-2012
The original files are similar to this one (410 McClain.0102.CSV). The 410 and 0102 make this a unique file out of the hundreds of files. So I would like to have the new file named something like 410-2.csv
 
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