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05-28-2014

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We don't need to close the thread. I have moved it from the Post Here to Contact Site Administrators and Moderators forum (which is intended for resolving site issues) to a technical forum intended to help with relatively simple shell scripting problems.

Please explain the rules that govern how files are to be renamed. For instance with your sample input, any of the following would work:

Change "BH" to "0805." and change the 1st 5 characters to "20".
Delete the 1st character of the name, move the next 4 characters after the 1st period in the name, change "BH" to ".", and add "20" to the start of the name.
Change the 1st 5 characters of the name to "20" and change the last 3 characters of the name to "0805.N".

Give us a clear statement that identifies what files are to be processed and how the names are to be transformed and we'll be happy to help you find a way to do it.

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explain_rename_or_die

explain_rename_or_die(3)				     Library Functions Manual					  explain_rename_or_die(3)

NAME

       explain_rename_or_die - change the name of a file and report errors

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libexplain/rename.h>
       void explain_rename_or_die(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);

DESCRIPTION

       The  explain_rename_or_die  function  is  used  to  call  the  rename(2) system call.  On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr,
       obtained from explain_rename(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

       This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:
	      explain_rename_or_die(oldpath, newpath);

       oldpath The oldpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call.

       newpath The newpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call.

       Returns:
	       This function only returns on success.  On failure, prints an explanation and exits.

SEE ALSO

       rename(2)
	       change the name or location of a file

       explain_rename(3)
	       explain rename(2) errors

       exit(2) terminate the calling process

COPYRIGHT

       libexplain version 0.52
       Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller

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