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.TH MVED 1 local
.SH NAME
mved - move (rename) files with wildcard patterns
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mved
[
.B \-n
] from-pattern to-pattern
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I mved
can rename many files in one command, giving the resulting
files names based on the name of the original file.
.PP
The
.B \-n
option causes nothing to be actually moved;
instead, the commands that would be executed
are printed.
.PP
The character
.B =
in the
.I from-pattern
behaves like the shell metacharacter
.BR * ,
except that the text matched is used to replace
the
.B =
character in the
.IR to-pattern .
.PP
The
.I to-pattern
must always contain at least one
.B =
character; the
.I from-pattern
need not contain
any, in which case the entire original name
replaces
.B =
in the
.IR to-pattern .
.PP
If the
.I from-pattern
contains
.B *
or
.BR ? ,
they must be quoted.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mv(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Brian Coogan, HP Australia
.SH BUGS
Multiple
.B =
characters in the
.I from-pattern
are not permitted.