on Fri, May 31, 2002, Daniel D Jones ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 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 > > complains that you're copying multiple files but the last command isn't > a directory.
$ man mmv
...though I typically use the 'for' loop others mention.
> Or suppose you have a series of perl scripts which are saved in DOS
> line-end format. The extra ^M on the bang line causes bash not to
> recognize the path to perl, and the script to fail. Sounds like a job
> for sed.
>
> sed s/^M// *.pl > *.unix
dos2unix accepts multiple file arguments, changing files "in place":
dos2unix *.pl
Peace.
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