topic Re: remove extension in Operating System - HP-UX

remove extension

Oliver_39 — Tue, 24 May 2005 10:21:21 GMT

hi
I need a script to rename myfile.dat to myfile
there are many of these files with the same extension

thanks

Rick Garland — Tue, 24 May 2005 10:29:06 GMT

for filedat in `ls *.dat`
do
shortname=`echo $filedat | awk -F. '{print $1}'`
mv $filedat $shortname
done

Oliver_39 — Tue, 24 May 2005 10:36:17 GMT