Article
18.9
shows how to rename a set of files, like changing
*.new
to
*.old
. Here's a different way, done from inside
vi
. This gives you a chance to review and edit the commands before you run them. Here are the steps:
& $ |
% |
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If you've made an
alias (
10.2
)
for
ls
that changes its output format, that can cause trouble here. If your alias gives more than a plain list of filenames in a column, use
!/bin/ls
instead of just
!ls
.
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