Daniel D Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How does one handle multiple files via most command line utilities? For
> example, suppose you have a handful of perl scripts (*.pl) and you want
> to save them in the same directory with a different extension. The
> command
>
> cp *.pl *.bak
for f in *.pl; do cp $f ${f%.pl}.bak; done
for f in *.pl; do cp $f `basename $f .pl`.bak; done
> sed s/^M// *.pl > *.unix
for f in *.pl; do sed s/^m// $f > ${f%.pl}.unix; done
for f in *.pl; do sed s/^m// $f > `basename $f .pl`.unix; done
perl -pi.bak -e 's/^M//' *.pl
The last one doesn't do exactly what you suggest; it edits the files in
place, but leaves the originals in another file with a .bak extension.
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