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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Help with Unix file rename Post 302576604 by Mohammad T Khan on Friday 25th of November 2011 10:10:27 AM
Old 11-25-2011
Help with Unix file rename

Hi All,
I have a unix file which is ceated with variable name, for example:
FIRST_FILE_3456 and next time it will be FIRST_FILE_3457 and so on.
I need to rename this file like PREV_FIRST_FILE_XXXX where XXXX is the variable part of the file FOR Example 3456 or 3457, etc.
Please help to accomplish it.

Thanks....
 

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DateTime::Locale::pa_Arab(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			      DateTime::Locale::pa_Arab(3)

NAME
DateTime::Locale::pa_Arab SYNOPSIS
use DateTime; my $dt = DateTime->now( locale => 'pa_Arab' ); print $dt->month_name(); DESCRIPTION
This is the DateTime locale package for Punjabi Arabic. DATA
This locale inherits from the DateTime::Locale::pa locale. It contains the following data. Days Wide (format) XXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXX Abbreviated (format) XXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXX Narrow (format) XX XX XXX XX XXXX XX X Wide (stand-alone) XXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXX Abbreviated (stand-alone) XXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXX Narrow (stand-alone) XX XX XXX XX XXXX XX X Months Wide (format) XXXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX Abbreviated (format) XXXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX Narrow (format) X X XX X X XX XX X X X X X Wide (stand-alone) XXXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX Abbreviated (stand-alone) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Narrow (stand-alone) X X XX X X XX XX X X X X X Quarters Wide (format) XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXX Abbreviated (format) XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXX Narrow (format) 1 2 3 4 Wide (stand-alone) XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXX Abbreviated (stand-alone) XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXX Narrow (stand-alone) 1 2 3 4 Eras Wide XXXXXXXX XX Abbreviated XXXXXXXX XX Narrow XXXXXXXX XX Date Formats Full 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = XXXX, 05 XXXXX 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = XXXX, 22 XXXXX 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = XXXX, 15 XXXXX -10 Long 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 XXXXX 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 XXXXX 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 XXXXX -10 Medium 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 XXXXX 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 XXXXX 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 XXXXX -10 Short 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05/02/2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22/12/1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15/09/-010 Default 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 XXXXX 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 XXXXX 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 XXXXX -10 Time Formats Full 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30:30 XXXX UTC 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05:02 XXXXX UTC -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44:23 XXXXX UTC Long 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30:30 XXXX UTC 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05:02 XXXXX UTC -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44:23 XXXXX UTC Medium 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30:30 XXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05:02 XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44:23 XXXXX Short 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30 XXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05 XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44 XXXXX Default 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30:30 XXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05:02 XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44:23 XXXXX Datetime Formats Full 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = XXXX, 05 XXXXX 2008 6:30:30 XXXX UTC 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = XXXX, 22 XXXXX 1995 9:05:02 XXXXX UTC -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = XXXX, 15 XXXXX -10 4:44:23 XXXXX UTC Long 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 XXXXX 2008 6:30:30 XXXX UTC 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 XXXXX 1995 9:05:02 XXXXX UTC -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 XXXXX -10 4:44:23 XXXXX UTC Medium 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 XXXXX 2008 6:30:30 XXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 XXXXX 1995 9:05:02 XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 XXXXX -10 4:44:23 XXXXX Short 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05/02/2008 6:30 XXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22/12/1995 9:05 XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15/09/-010 4:44 XXXXX Default 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 XXXXX 2008 6:30:30 XXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 XXXXX 1995 9:05:02 XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 XXXXX -10 4:44:23 XXXXX Available Formats d (d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 EEEd (d EEE) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 XXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 XXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 XXXX HHmmss (HH:mm:ss) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05:02 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44:23 Hm (H:mm) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44 hm (h:mm a) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30 XXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05 XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44 XXXXX Hms (H:mm:ss) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05:02 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44:23 hms (h:mm:ss a) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30:30 XXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05:02 XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44:23 XXXXX M (L) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 12 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 9 Md (d/M) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5/2 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22/12 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15/9 MEd (E, M-d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = XXXX, 2-5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = XXXX, 12-22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = XXXX, 9-15 MMM (LLL) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 12 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 9 MMMd (MMM d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = XXXXX 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = XXXXX 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = XXXXX 15 MMMEd (E MMM d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = XXXX XXXXX 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = XXXX XXXXX 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = XXXX XXXXX 15 MMMMd (MMMM d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = XXXXX 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = XXXXX 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = XXXXX 15 MMMMEd (E MMMM d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = XXXX XXXXX 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = XXXX XXXXX 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = XXXX XXXXX 15 mmss (mm:ss) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 30:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 05:02 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 44:23 ms (mm:ss) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 30:30 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 05:02 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 44:23 y (y) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2008 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 1995 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = -10 yM (y-M) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2008-2 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 1995-12 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = -10-9 yMEd (EEE, y-M-d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = XXXX, 2008-2-5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = XXXX, 1995-12-22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = XXXX, -10-9-15 yMMM (y MMM) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2008 XXXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 1995 XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = -10 XXXXX yMMMEd (EEE, y MMM d) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = XXXX, 2008 XXXXX 5 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = XXXX, 1995 XXXXX 22 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = XXXX, -10 XXXXX 15 yMMMM (y MMMM) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2008 XXXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 1995 XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = -10 XXXXX yQ (y Q) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2008 1 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 1995 4 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = -10 3 yQQQ (y QQQ) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2008 XXXXXX XXXXX 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 1995 XXXXXX XXXXX -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = -10 XXXXXX XXXX yyMMM (MMM yy) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = XXXXX 08 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = XXXXX 95 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = XXXXX -10 yyQ (Q yy) 2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 1 08 1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 4 95 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 3 -10 Miscellaneous Prefers 24 hour time? No Local first day of the week XXX SUPPORT
See DateTime::Locale. AUTHOR
Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2008 David Rolsky. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. This module was generated from data provided by the CLDR project, see the LICENSE.cldr in this distribution for details on the CLDR data's license. perl v5.18.2 2017-10-06 DateTime::Locale::pa_Arab(3)
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