[ILUG] Shell substitute regexp

[Kenn Humborg]

> ]>    for i in *.dat ; do mv $i `basename $i .dat` ; done
> ]
> ]Bloody hell - where do you get off giving simple straight 
> forward solutions
> ]to problems - this is supposed to be Unix ... you didn't even have one
> ]regexp in your solution.. Pah..
> 
> It's OK giving easy solutions when they are wrong...
> % basename  blah.txt
> blah.txt
> 
> %basename /tmp/blah.txt
> blah.txt
> 
> basename will just strip off the directory and leave the full name of the
> file.  This isn't what he wants.

Go re-read the original question and tell me where I'm wrong:

   http://www.linux.ie/pipermail/ilug/2001-July/034700.html

BTW, another tip:  When building a shell command like this, use
echo to see what will happen as a dry run:

   for i in *.dat ; do echo mv $i `basename $i .dat` ; done
                       ^^^^
When you're happy, remove the echo.

Later,
Kenn