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# 1  
Old 02-11-2010
Bug not moving !!
Hi I have written the following piece of code to move all files with name *.sh to *.bak

the o/p i am getting is *.sh.bak

Pls help



Code:
cat filename | while read line
do
mv $line $line.sh
done

filename file conatins
Code:
file.sh
file1.sh
file2.sh

expected o/p is
Code:
file.bak
file1.bak
file2.bak

Current o/p
Code:
file.sh.bak
file1.sh.bak
file2.sh.bak:

Last edited by pludi; 02-11-2010 at 06:11 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 02-11-2010
Use

Code:
while read line
do
mv $line `basename $line .sh`.bak
done <filename

# 3  
Old 02-11-2010
Bug
thanks buddy

that was cool
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