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Old 09-27-2010
Lightbulb Undefined variable in mv script

Hello,

Code:
#this script renames schematic file for model year change
 
#my = model year prefix
my="lsd"
for i in 'ls lsb*'
do
old=$i
new='echo $i | cut - c4 - c30'
mv $i $my$new
end

i: Undefined variable

What am I missing or doing wrong?

Last edited by Neo; 09-27-2010 at 05:04 PM.. Reason: code tags
 

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