From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 989 invoked from network); 12 Jun 1998 16:26:18 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 12 Jun 1998 16:26:18 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA00841; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:20:26 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:20:17 -0400 (EDT) To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Path: mason From: mason@primenet.com.au (Geoff Wing) Newsgroups: lists.zsh.users Subject: Re: help with 'rename' function Date: 12 Jun 1998 16:21:07 GMT Organization: PrimeNet Computer Consultants Message-ID: References: <199806121553.LAA15720@luomat.peak.org> Reply-To: mason@primenet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: coral.primenet.com.au X-Trace: coral.primenet.com.au 897668467 871 203.24.36.33 (12 Jun 1998 16:21:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@coral.primenet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Jun 1998 16:21:07 GMT X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.5.2 UNIX) Resent-Message-ID: <"WGCxN3.0.XC._KLWr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1598 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Timothy J Luoma typed: :> for a in *.THIS :> mv $a $a:r.THAT :HRm.... I've never seen the :r before. :Where can I learn more about the "variable:X" usage? :ps -- yes your answer works just fine for what I want HISTORY EXPANSION/Modifiers. (Not necessarily where you'd expect to find them) -- Geoff Wing Mobile : 0412 162 441 Work URL: http://www.primenet.com.au/ Ego URL: http://pobox.com/~gcw/