Never mind, that does not work either. Not sure what the “right” way would be.
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Farley, Peter Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2025 1:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FTP to z/OS PDS - filename extensions Shouldn’t that “mv” command have an additional period in the second argument to delete the extension? mv *.txt *. Peter From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2025 11:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FTP to z/OS PDS - filename extensions On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:11:17 -0500, Jon Perryman wrote: >On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:19:57 -0500, Wendell Lovewell wrote: > >>I'm not at my oc, but does this work? >> >>Rename *.txt * > >If I remember correctly, the suggestion was to use z/OS Unix filesystem which >would use the "mv" Unix command which if I remember correctly allows this. > Errr ... no.: 823 $ ls -1 bar.txt foo.txt 824 $ set -x 825 $ mv *.txt * -bash 688+ mv bar.txt foo.txt bar.txt foo.txt mv: target 'foo.txt': Not a directory 826 $ Were you thinking of CMS? -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
