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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers trying to strip the first 4 char. of a file out via commandline Post 2936 by PxT on Monday 11th of June 2001 09:34:57 PM
Old 06-11-2001
How about this:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
for file in *
do
 newname=`echo $i | sed 's/^....//'`
 mv $file HBFULR${newname}`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`.dat
done


A little simpler...
 

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TABLESPACE(7) SQL Commands ALTER TABLESPACE(7) NAME
ALTER TABLESPACE - change the definition of a tablespace SYNOPSIS
ALTER TABLESPACE name RENAME TO newname ALTER TABLESPACE name OWNER TO newowner DESCRIPTION
ALTER TABLESPACE changes the definition of a tablespace. You must own the tablespace to use ALTER TABLESPACE. To alter the owner, you must also be a direct or indirect member of the new owning role. (Note that superusers have these privileges automatically.) PARAMETERS
name The name of an existing tablespace. newname The new name of the tablespace. The new name cannot begin with pg_, as such names are reserved for system tablespaces. newowner The new owner of the tablespace. EXAMPLES
Rename tablespace index_space to fast_raid: ALTER TABLESPACE index_space RENAME TO fast_raid; Change the owner of tablespace index_space: ALTER TABLESPACE index_space OWNER TO mary; COMPATIBILITY
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