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Mv command in for loop - not working
HI Folks -

I'm very frustrated - I'm trying to execute a verys imple for loop and rename the files if they exist.

here is my loop :

Code:
ydate=`TZ=aaa24 date +%m%d`   
CR_YR=$(date "+%Y")
echo $ydate
echo ${CR_YR}

cd /hypbin/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/epmsystem1/EssbaseServer/essbaseserver1/app/item/itmsales

for A in AWID601 GSCD601
do
    if ls $A${CR_YR}* 1> /dev/null 2>&1
    then
        echo "$A is available for processing"
        mv ${A}${CR_YR}*.TXT ${A}${ydate}.TXT
    else
        echo "$A does not exist - data import process aborted"
        exit 1
    fi  
done

But it says the files exist, however getting an error when trying to "mv" them.

Code:
10/10/17
StartTime:
04:15:40 AM
1009
2017
AWID601 is available for processing
Usage: mv [-I] [ -d| -e] [-i | -f] [-E{force|ignore|warn}] [--] src target
   or: mv [-I] [-i | -f] [-E{force|ignore|warn}] [--] src1 ... srcN directory
GSCD601 is available for processing
Usage: mv [-I] [ -d| -e] [-i | -f] [-E{force|ignore|warn}] [--] src target
   or: mv [-I] [-i | -f] [-E{force|ignore|warn}] [--] src1 ... srcN directory
$

I can execute the mv command manually on each file with success. Do you see anything off here?

File names I'm trying to rename:
GSCD6012017TEST.TXT
AWID6012017TEST.TXT
 
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