It is frustrating not being immediately able to do something under UNIX
which you have done for years under RSTS or VMS!
Today we wanted to rename a hundred 8 character filenames that start with
Q so they start with q. Even in a pc there is a global command for such
an action and under RSTS we would use trusty old PIP.
Is there an equivalent global command in DUNIX? You can't say mv Q* q*
and the only option appears to be to start writing scripts so that you
can use SED or a program using AWK.
Please can you tell me the easy way?
In passing does anybody know whether PIP has ever been emulated or ported
to UNIX - it would be a marvellous fallback for all us ancient warriors
who started with PDP8's.
Stuart McKenzie
Received on Mon Jun 16 1997 - 15:10:56 NZST