Re: Wildcards: What is the equiv to dos REN *.txt *.old

[Zane Gilmore]

mv is the ren equivalent but that command line probably won't do what 
you want.
You may have to write a wee shellscript to do that.

(have a look at http://rute.sourceforge.net for a good basic Linux tutorial)



Warwick & Ian wrote:

I maybe being thick and / or lazy but what is the easiest command line
equivalent to DOS:
REN *.txt *.old

Thanks, Ian Laurenson