There are also mmv, mcp, mad, and mln. The syntax takes a little getting used to, but once you get a feel for it, this is a nice set of programs. I think you can apt-get mmv.
Here's an example I used yesterday. It takes a bunch of files starting with week, then a 0 or a 1, then a single character, followed by .gpg.out and moves them to a bunch of files named "week, first match, second match, .cport. mmv "week[01]?.gpg.out" "week#1#2.cport" So, for example the file called week01.gpg.out is renamed week01.cport. The #1 matches the first wildcard in the from pattern, here the '[01]'. The #2 matches the single character wildcard. One very nice thing about mmv, etc. is that if an error is detected (for example, multiple files go to a destination with the same name), the program doesn't do anything and tell you. There is also a dryrun flag for testing that things are going as you wish. The man page is quite detailed. Give it a chance and read it a couple times. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
