simple question about mv

[Randal L. Schwartz @ Stonehenge]

In article <18231 at adm.BRL.MIL>, moss at BRL (VLD/VMB) writes:
| Well, this should work under a Bourne shell:
| $ for i in *.flip
| > do	mv $i `basename $i .flip` .flop
| > done
| $

Almost.  Don't try this at home, kiddies.  Remove the space before
".flop", or you'll end up with something very unintended.

Try this:

$ for i in *.flip; do mv $i `basename $i .flip`.flop; done

Presto-magico.
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