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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Help with renaming files Post 95686 by jim mcnamara on Friday 13th of January 2006 02:32:36 PM
Old 01-13-2006
In ksh $$ = the process id. For this example I assume a procces id is the same as your process instance -
Code:
mv XX_XXXXX_$$.pdf   bkp_XX_XXXXX_$$.pdf

 

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SAM2P_PDF_SCALE(1)						   User commands						SAM2P_PDF_SCALE(1)

NAME
sam2p_pdf_scale - scale a PDF file from sam2p to a given page size SYNOPSIS
sam2p_pdf_scale {page_width} {page_height} {input.pdf} [output.pdf] DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the sam2p_pdf_scale command. It was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. sam2p_pdf_scale reads a PDF file and scales it so that it fits into the given page size, adding margins when needed to keep its aspect ratio. OPTIONS
page_width Page width, in points (1pt = 1/72in). page_height Page height, in points. input.pdf Input file. output.pdf Output file. By default, the input file is replaced. BUGS
The upstreams BTS can be found at http://code.google.com/p/sam2p/issues. AUTHOR
Tanguy Ortolo <tanguy+debian@ortolo.eu> Wrote this manpage for the Debian system. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 20110 Tanguy Ortolo This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2. sam2p 12/15/2011 SAM2P_PDF_SCALE(1)
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