BASH variables

Submitted by jgaber on September 20, 2007 - 10:43.

I'm trying to create a 'rename' alias for BASH, but I don't know how to use variable data as parameters. Here's what I have so far:

alias rename $var1$ $var2$ = 'cp $var1$ $var2$ & rm $var1$'

What do I put in places of those vars?

Submitted by rvarga on September 20, 2007 - 12:01.

Isn't mv basically a rename?

Submitted by dlachape on September 20, 2007 - 12:05.

Agreed, why would you need to make an alias for rename, "mv" will rename files for you:

mv file1.txt file2.c

Dave
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Submitted by jgaber on September 20, 2007 - 12:23.

Forgot about that. Alright, thanks guys.
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