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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Change All File Names in a Directory Post 302160608 by andou on Tuesday 22nd of January 2008 07:50:23 AM
Old 01-22-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by thana
Try this

[code ]
#!/bin/bash
dir="path name"
i=0
for filename in `ls -1t $dir/`
do
i=`expr $i + 1`
mv $dir/$filename $dir/ex$i
done

[code ]
I'm not sure what to do with filename. I tried *.jpg and "*.jpg" and end up with: `*.jpg': not a valid identifier and `"*.jpg"': not a valid identifier, respectively.
 

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kdcsetup(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 					       kdcsetup(1)

NAME
kdcsetup -- Kerberos -- Open Directory Single Sign On SYNOPSIS
kdcsetup [-v debug_level] [-a admin_name] [-p password] REALM DESCRIPTION
kdcsetup is a tool for configuring an Apple Open Directory KDC. It creates the needed Kerberos files and data for an Open Director master. -v debug_level Controls the amount of output generated by kdcsetup. 0 prints errors and very basic information. 1 prints generatal status information. Higher levels may add progressively more detail. -a admin_name Name of a directory administrator authorized to make changes in Open Directory. This admin will be used as the administrator in the KDC database. Required parameter. Note: this is not a principal name. -p password The password for the above admin. Required parameter. REALM The name of the realm that this KDC serves. Required parameter. FILES
/var/db/krb5kdc/ directory where all the config & database files for the KDC are stored /var/log/krb5kdc/ directory where the log files from the KDC are written NOTES
kdcsetup is automatically run when creating an Open Directory Master. It should NEVER be run manually and will likely be deprecated in the future. SEE ALSO
kadmind(8), kdc(8), kerberos(8), krbservicesetup(8), opendirectoryd(8), sso_util(8) Darwin June 2, 2019 Darwin
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