<<SNIP>> >> So I suppose I want to do a locate, rename, move. 1) locate all >> "output.txt" files on the hard drive; 2) rename each "output.txt" to >> something unique, and 3) move each renamed file from its original >> location >> to a single directory. >> >> I have tried a few ways with no success. Thanks for the help. >> > > It's hard to imagine that you spend multiple days looking at such an > easy problem and can't come up with a single line of code to show the > list. To get you started here's a solution of your problem in bash (you > do have bash installed on your windows box ?)
WOW! I didn't "show code" because I have about 4 or 5 different concepts going, none of which worked. However, I suppose this "easy problem" was too complex for my simple mind. If you look at the archives, you will notice that I seldom request help, and am always courteous and thankful for the assistance. Perhaps with a simple mind comes common courtesy, and with a complex mind, such as yours, comes demeaning remarks and rampant superiority. I'll take the simple mind any day. > > Create a test environment: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/vuilbak$ for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do mkdir $i; touch <<SNIP>> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
