rename list of files abc.* to abcde.*

[karacharlie]

Hi,
I'd like to rename several files containing the same mask, e.g.
ls:
abc.1 abc.2 abc.3 abcdef.1 abcdef.2 abcdef.3

the script should rename only abc.* to abczzz.* but not abcdef.*, i.e.
ls after script:
abczzz.1 abczzz.2 abczzz.3 abcdef.1 abcdef.2 abcdef.3

thanks

 

[PHV]

eval `ls abc.* | awk -F. '{printf "mv %s.%s %szzz.%s;\n",$1,$2,$1,$2}'`

Hope This Helps, PH.
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