On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 01:10:43PM +1200, Tim Wright wrote:
> for i in *.txt ; do mv "$i" "${i%txt}old" ; done
> (bash only)
I think you'll find that particular parameter substitution is part of
POSIX, i.e. all POSIX-compatible shells support it.
Cheers,
-mjg
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