🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Article #6558

Re: PIPEs

#6558
From: Larry Phillips
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 1990 19:35
27 lines
1362 bytes
In <7025@sugar.hackercorp.com>, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>> +For things like "move", I'd rather go to slices:
>
>> +	move {.*}.c \1.h
>
>In article <1990Nov7.235254.13959@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu> yarnall@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Ken Yarnall) writes:
>> Yeah, right.  That is much clearer...:-)
>
>OK, quick. How do you rename all whatever.c-or-h files to old.whatever.c-or-h
>with wildcards instead of slices?

Well, it probably _shouldn't work, but I just tried it with a few patterns, and
found that this one works fine:

mv *.(c|h) old.*

That's using the ARP 'move' command.

-larry

--
The only things to survive a nuclear war will be cockroaches and IBM PCs.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|   //   Larry Phillips                                                 |
| \X/    lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips |
|        COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322  -or-  76703.4322@compuserve.com        |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Technical Details
Message-ID: <2217@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!
From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: PIPEs
Message-ID: <2217@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: 11 Nov 90 19:35:47 GMT
Lines: 27
Return-Path: <lpami!lphillips>
To: van-bc!rnews