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Old 09-02-2014
If you're unwilling to use:
Code:
fn="/oracle1/scr/tilki/willsendtilkiNew/VOICE-MO_$nfname.gz"
mv -v "$fn" "${fn%.dat.gz}.txt.gz"

you could use something like:
Code:
mv -v /oracle1/scr/tilki/willsendtilkiNew/VOICE-MO_$nfname.gz \
"$(echo  "/oracle1/scr/tilki/willsendtilkiNew/VOICE-MO_$nfname.gz" |sed 's/\.dat\.gz$/.txt.gz/')"

but, instead of just needing your shell and invoking mv; it uses your shell, a subshell (to run echo and sed) in the pipeline to process the destination pathname and invocations of both mv and sed.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 09-05-2014 at 05:57 AM.. Reason: Fix typo \, -> \.
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# 9  
Old 09-02-2014
that's the answer. Thanks
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