pattern matching rename...

[Brad Bonkoski]

Sure there are 100's of ways...
here's one:

for i in `ls abc*`; do NAME=`echo $i | cut -f1 -d.`; EXT=`echo $i | cut 
-f2 -d.`; NEW_NAME=${NAME}_dog.${EXT}; cp $i $NEW_NAME; done
(of course to rename, you would want 'mv' instead of 'cp' )

-b

bruce wrote:
> i have the following as a test...
>
> abcCAT.py
> abcCAT.txt
>
> i'd like to rename the files, so i get
> abcCAT_dog.py
> abcCAT_dog.txt
>
> i've been trying to figure out how to achieve what i want using rename and
> pattern matching.. i'm missing something.. and it's simple!!
>
> any thoughts/pointers?
>
> thanks
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