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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Renaming files in a folder Post 302617743 by Harsharan on Tuesday 3rd of April 2012 05:28:19 AM
Old 04-03-2012
Hi,

The directory is in the format ABC.20120402.IP
The file would be for example, XYZ12346.ERROR and I'm renaming this to XYZ123456

so what I'd normally do is just go into the folder then rename the file to have no extension.

e.g.
mv XYZ12346.ERROR XYZ12346

as the folder name would be different everyday I'm trying to do something like: -

mv /*.IP/*.ERRROR *. -- *.IP would be the folder and *.ERROR is any file within the folder that has the .ERROR extension.

Any pointers or where I should be looking would be a great help.
Thanks.
 

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