From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1076 invoked from network); 23 Jan 1998 17:30:52 -0000 Received: from ns2.primenet.com.au (7795@203.24.36.3) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 23 Jan 1998 17:30:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 1001 invoked from network); 23 Jan 1998 17:30:49 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns2.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 23 Jan 1998 17:30:49 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA05480; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:09:07 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:08:50 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <19980123170951.50052@bach.memex.co.uk> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 17:09:51 +0000 From: Stephen Marley To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: renaming with number prefix References: <19980123165404.53612@math.fu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19980123165404.53612@math.fu-berlin.de>; from Sven Guckes on Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 04:54:04PM +0100 Resent-Message-ID: <"R-Pi23.0.5K1.YwCoq"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1263 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Quoting Sven Guckes (guckes@math.fu-berlin.de): > Problem: > Rename all files within a directory such that their names > get a numeral prefix in the default sort order. > > Btw, "leading zeroes" would be a bonus. > i=1; for f in *; do echo mv $f $(echo $i| awk '{ printf("%03d", $0)}').$f; ((i++)); done remove the first echo to really move files. -- stephen@memex.com