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#this script renames schematic file for model year change

#my = model year prefix
my="lsd"
for i in `ls lsb*`
do
old=$i
new=`echo $i | cut -c4 -c30`
done
mv $i $my$new...

Hi.

The error looks C-Shell-like.

If I run this in C-Shell I get lots more errors:


my=lsd: Command not found.
for: Command not found.
do: Command not found.
i: Undefined variable.

...

Also, for starters:

my="lsd"

for i in 'ls lsb*'

Is this right??

I think the last bit should be 'done', not 'end'.

And "for file in `ls *`" is a useless use of backticks (http://partmaps.org/era/unix/award.html#backticks), you can just do "for file in *" and...