adrian kok wrote: > Hi all > > how can I have script to rename the following > directory pattern from > > > > from > > dir-192.168.30.0 > dir-192.168.30.144 > dir-192.168.30.184 > > > To: > > > dir-10.0.30.0 > dir-10.0.30.144 > dir-10.0.30.184 If this is to rename individual files from 192.168.30.0=>192.168.30.144 then for (( i = 0 ; i <= 143; i++ )) do mv 192.168.30.$i 10.0.30.$i done > thank you You're welcome. http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/ -- James A. Peltier Technical Director, RHCE SCIRF | GrUVi @ Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus Phone : 778-782-3610 Fax : 778-782-3045 Mobile : 778-840-6434 E-Mail : jpeltier at cs.sfu.ca Website : http://gruvi.cs.sfu.ca | http://scirf.cs.sfu.ca MSN : subatomic_spam at hotmail.com