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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting renaming numbered files Post 302577686 by kjartan on Tuesday 29th of November 2011 03:35:06 PM
Old 11-29-2011
Thank you very much! It worked perfectly. Would you mind explaining it in a bit more detail (sorry but I'd like to understand it properly)?
 

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