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# 1  
Old 08-11-2011
Moving Multiple files to destination files
I am running a code like this
Code:
foreach list ($tmp)
                    mv  *_${list}.txt  ${chart}_${list}.txt #mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
                    mv  *_${list}.doc  ${chart}_${list}.doc [COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]#mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory[/COLOR]
                end

How can i solve the errors?
# 2  
Old 08-11-2011
${chart}_${list}.txt ---> it should be a directory. because you trying to move multiple files ( *_${list}.txt )
# 3  
Old 08-11-2011
Then how can i rename files while moving them?
# 4  
Old 08-11-2011
you have to move one by one.

Code:
 
for i in *$list.txt; mv $i $chart_$i; done

 
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