Hey guys i'm creating a dos style rename script, so if a user types say q14.* as the 1st param and b14.* as the 2nd and will rename all q14 files to b14 but keep the extensions, so i've developed nearly the full script "i think", if i use echo(echo "if $1 had been renamed it would now be $newfile") to simulate the rename it works fine shows
Quote:
q14.1 will be renamed to b14.1
q14.2 will be renamed to b14.2
.....etc
but it becomes a whole different story if i alter that line to "mv $1 $newFile"
it renames the 1st one fine then the rest go along the lines of
dosRename q14.* b14.*
it dose first one fine but 2nd one ends up q14.1.2 and third q14.1.2.3
any ideas what is up with my script?
edit ~ if any help if i include mv or cp the output is as followed
Quote:
if nob.1 had been renamed it would now be b14.1
if nob.1.2 had been renamed it would now be b14.1.1.2
and this is the output if i dont include them
Quote:
if nobby.1 had been renamed it would now be b14.1
if nobby.1.2 had been renamed it would now be b14.1.2
Last edited by fblade1987; 04-18-2008 at 10:33 AM..
You are using $1 but the loop variable is $file. So your loop loops over the files and puts the name of each in $file, but you are not referring to that variable, you are referring to another variable which continues to point to the first file in the list. Try changing the $1:s to $file:s.
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