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Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:11:39 +0100
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On 06 April 2007 20:32, robert_neville310@yahoo.com wrote:

> printf "mv %-200s \"%s\"\n" "-f \"$DIR/"$FILE"\"" "$DIR"/"$NEWNAME" >>
> doit.sh 

printf "mv %-200s \"%s\"\n" "-f \"$DIR/"$FILE"\"" "$DIR"/"$NEWNAME~" >>doit.sh

printf "mv %-200s \"%s\"\n" "-f "$DIR"/"$NEWNAME~" "$DIR"/"$NEWNAME" >>doit.sh


 
> The typical command in the doit.sh file looks like the following line.
> 
> mv -f "file_to_be_rename.ext" "File_To_Be_Rename.ext"


mv -f "file_to_be_rename.ext" "File_To_Be_Rename.ext~"
mv -f "File_To_Be_Rename.ext~" "File_To_Be_Rename.ext"




    cheers,
      DaveK
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