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Old 04-27-2005, 07:12 PM   #1
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Command line: Rename several dist files at the same time

I have several dist files that I would like to rename at the same time:

example.php.dist
hook.php.dist
config.php.dist
more...

How do I remove the .dist part for all files at the same time?
 
Old 04-27-2005, 07:30 PM   #2
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The rename command will do what you need (man rename):
Code:
rename ".dist" "" *.dist
 
Old 04-28-2005, 10:12 AM   #3
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This is what I did:

rename 's/\.dist$//' *.dist

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