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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [Solved] Renaming Multiple Files in Unix Post 302651153 by frappa on Tuesday 5th of June 2012 05:27:32 AM
Old 06-05-2012
Code:
renchar="2"
for file in `ls /directory`
do
prefix=`echo ${file} | cut -c1-4`
suffix=`echo ${file} | cut -c6-`
mv ${file} ${prefix}${renchar}${suffix}
done

 

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GP2C - The GP to C compiler DESCRIPTION
gp2c [-ghfltvydWSTGV] [-i N] [-o <file>] [-p <prefix>] [file.gp] gp2c is a program that translate GP code to C code that use the libpari library. It tries to generate code looking like the PARI source code. user option: -o <file> : Place output in file <file>. -g : Generate automatic garbage collection code. -iN: Set indentation level to N spaces (default 2). -W : Output information about global variables. -p <prefix>: Prefix user-defined symbol by <prefix> to avoid conflict. -s <suffix>: Add suffix <suffix> to GP install names of functions. -S: Assume strict declarations for functions. query options: -h : This help. -f : Dump information about functions to stderr. -l : Output the list of functions known to the compiler. -t : Output the table of types known to the compiler. -v : Output version information and exit. debugging options: -d : Increase debugging level. -y : Switch parser to debug mode. -T : Output syntactic tree in treetool format. -TT : Output syntactic tree in VCG/GRL format. -G : Generate GP code in place of C code. Don't smile. -V : Do not clean up variables. file.gp: file to be processed, default to stdin. The generated C code is output to stdout unless option -o is used. See the script gp2c-run for an automated compilation process. COPYING
Copyright 2000-2005 The PARI Group GP2C is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GP2C. AUTHOR
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gp2c-run(1), gp2c-dbg(1), gp(1), gcc(1) GP to C compiler January 2005 GP2C(1)
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