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# 8  
Old 03-17-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by atlantis
I dont know how to find the version of my OS. can you tell me the command.
The question really was which OS (not which version of the OS).

In any case the original xargs solution I posted should work?
# 9  
Old 03-17-2010
Code:
uname -a

# 10  
Old 03-17-2010
when i execute that command, its gives me the result as
HP-UX hpomt73e B.11.11 U 9000/800 1623329386 unlimited-user license.
# 11  
Old 03-17-2010
Hi Atlantis, that is HPUX 11i (v1) . You can use #!/usr/dt/bin/dtksh
# 12  
Old 03-17-2010
Its not working even after adding the mentioned line also. so my script looks like

#!/usr/dt/bin/dtksh
ls *prod* | sed "p;s/i_prod/t_test/" | xargs -n 2 echo mv > out1
# 13  
Old 03-18-2010
I thought you were going to try it with my line that you modified slightly, since there's where you got the bad substitution error? So:
Code:
#!/usr/dt/bin/dtksh
ls *prod* |
while read i; do 
  mv "$i" "${i/i_prod/t_test}"
done

What error did you get with scottn's code?
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