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Old 08-18-2002
Question How to define two variable in foreach command??

Hello,

I just want to know how If it's possiple to define 2 variable using foreach command ???

I have directory inside that directory around 1000 file, I want to rename all of this files to something I have it in a list. Example :-

------This is what in my directory----------
d1
d2
d3
d4
d5
------------------------------------------------------

I have a LIST which containe the new naming "more new_name" and I have this

omd1
omd2
omd3
omd4
omd5

I tried to do crazy way to done it :-

# ls mydirectory >> old_name
# foreach file (`more old_name`) file2 (`more new_name`)
mv $file $file2
end

I know this is crazy but I don't know how to do it Smilie

Please do help me Smilie
 

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CP(1)							      General Commands Manual							     CP(1)

NAME
cp - copy SYNOPSIS
cp [ -ip ] file1 file2 cp [ -ipr ] file ... directory DESCRIPTION
File1 is copied onto file2. By default, the mode and owner of file2 are preserved if it already existed; otherwise the mode of the source file modified by the current umask(2) is used. The -p option causes cp to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification times and modes of the source files, ignoring the present umask. In the second form, one or more files are copied into the directory with their original file-names. Cp refuses to copy a file onto itself. If the -i option is specified, cp will prompt the user with the name of the file whenever the copy will cause an old file to be overwrit- ten. An answer of 'y' will cause cp to continue. Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting the file. If the -r option is specified and any of the source files are directories, cp copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case the destination must be a directory. SEE ALSO
cat(1), mv(1), rcp(1C) 4th Berkeley Distribution June 8, 1985 CP(1)
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