Thanks! I copied and pasted the contents of the script and tested it out with several d*o*t* files I touched, and had fun with it. Thanks!
I do have several questions though ...
1) Can the shell that's used be replaced as sh? I am not sure if the server that has the Unix operating system on has the ksh, although I figure it should. If it can be replaced, will any of the contents have to be modified?
2) Although I have questions about lines 3, 6 - 8, and 10 - 11, 1 being the #!/.../ line, (that's like 99.% of the script's contents ...
) can you clarify your statement "
This will get the directory name as the parameter and rename all the filenames with "." in it."? Does it mean that the directory specified will be the criteria in which the script executes its magic on?
I will be manning commands like fi and sed among others that is included in the script to be able to interpret it to English so I can understand it (that seems to be the only way I can comprehend the Unix commands). Whatever summaries you can provide though would help expediate this process though!
Just kidding, of course, kind of.
Again, thanks, many times over!