Re: adding file suffix

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From: Paul Lynch
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 07:32

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In article <721285254.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>  
David.Gursky@p394.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (David Gursky) writes:
> How about moving them all into a single sub-directory, opening a  
terminal shell,
> moving to the aforementioned directory, and using a command to the  
effect of "mv
> * *.tiff"

Bad move.  This is an excellent way to lose a lot of files.  Please use  
one of the foreach methods described earlier.

Paul
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