changing names on a group of files

[Steve Holmes]

I'm in a hurry now but might think of a script such as a 
for $i 
construct to rename each file but I also realize you have a number
string in there you want to fix.  So that script would have to extract
out the digit portion and modify it appropriately.  If this sounds too
confusing at this moment get back to me and when I have more time, I
can possibly come up with a script (in perl possibly) to do this
numeric renaming.

On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:16:38AM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Hi all.
> When I downloaded web braille for quite a while I just used the default
> filename. Now i'm paying for it; the brf number doesn't tell me what the book
> is, so I have to change the names. Is there any way to change the name on a
> group of files. For instance, instead of moving all the volumes of a book
> individually moving everything with the same number. right now i'm having to
> change 0949701.brf 0949702.brf etc. to the new name. by using the buffer, I can
> just arrow up and change the appropriate volume number on the original file and
> destination file once i've done one volume, but this is still awfully slow.
> thanks.
> 
> 
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