03-03-2006
Rename a file if I don't know its exact original name?
Hi everyone,
I will be downloading a file every day with the name in this format
SCA20060303_17514_IN.TXT
And I need to rename it to
SCA20060303_IN.TXT
Where "20060303" is the current date, and the "_17514" part will always be a 5-digit number that I will NOT know beforehand. I just need to take it out.
I've always used the mv filename1 filename2 command to rename files but how can I do this if I don't know the exact original name of the file?
Thanks,
Ryan
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
rename
rename(3tcl) Tcl Built-In Commands rename(3tcl)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NAME
rename - Rename or delete a command
SYNOPSIS
rename oldName newName
_________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
Rename the command that used to be called oldName so that it is now called newName. If newName is an empty string then oldName is deleted.
oldName and newName may include namespace qualifiers (names of containing namespaces). If a command is renamed into a different namespace,
future invocations of it will execute in the new namespace. The rename command returns an empty string as result.
EXAMPLE
The rename command can be used to wrap the standard Tcl commands with your own monitoring machinery. For example, you might wish to count
how often the source command is called:
rename ::source ::theRealSource
set sourceCount 0
proc ::source args {
global sourceCount
puts "called source for the [incr sourceCount]'th time"
uplevel 1 ::theRealSource $args
}
SEE ALSO
namespace(3tcl), proc(3tcl)
KEYWORDS
command, delete, namespace, rename
Tcl rename(3tcl)