Re [ILUG] How do I mv a bunch of files w/ a RE?

[Michael Conry]

Hi,
something like:
for x in a*.html
do
mv $x b${x#a}
done

or allinoneline:
for x in a*.html; do mv $x b${x#a}; done

works in bash
If you wanted to trim endings you would use % instead of #

m
>Hi folks,
>
>I have a bunch of files in a directory of the following format:
>
>
>a001.html
>a002.html
>a003.html
>
>I'd like to find a single 'mv' command to change these files from axxx.html 
>to bxxx.html.
>
>Obviously, commands like 'mv a???.html b???.html' don't work.
>I'd prefer a single line shell command rather than some sort of foreach if 
>possible.
>