Change filename

[swaroop]

#!/bin/ksh
for fl in $(find /home/txhylmr/cafe/ -name '*.C'); do
mv fl fl.cpp
done

This script doesnot work. It results in filenames as first.C.cpp second.C.cpp so on...
I need to see them as first.cpp second.cpp and so on....

Please help me.

Thanks in advance.

Swaroop.

 

[bi]

Are you trying to change the file extension?

Try this, if you are:

#!/bin/ksh

old_ext=pl
new_ext=pm
for file in $(ls *.$old_ext)
do
mv $file ${file%${old_ext}}${new_ext}
done

 

[PHV]

Try this (in ksh):

for fl in $(find /home/txhylmr/cafe/ -name '*.C'); do
  mv $fl  ${fl%.C}.cpp
done

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[mi294r3]

Here is another way that might work for you. This one dosen't use a loop. (ksh & AIX 4.3)

[tt]ls -1 *.C|xargs -I{} basename {} .C|xargs -I{} mv {}.C {}.cpp[/tt]


JRjr