Re: how do I write a shell script to batch rename files in a directory?

[ONYTZ]

Thanks, all! 

>From a private post (sorry about my breach of etiquette...) Bob Proulx
suggested:

>  for i in *.gif?; do echo mv --verbose -- "$i" ${i%?}; done

Which echoed the response I wanted. I had tried one of the previous
suggestions and I got some puzzling output:

>> mv: `img.bc05.101.3.gif\r' and `img.bc05.101.3.gif\r' are the same file
>>
>> Though when I ls the directory, I get, for example
>>
>> img.bc05.101.3.gif?

Bob Proulx pointed out that:

> the filename is really "img.bc05.101.3.gif\r" instead where "\r" is a
> carriage return character.  The ls program is converting the
> non-printable character into a ? for display. 



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