[opensuse] bash - handling expansion of parameters on the command line?

2 Dec 2008


      Bash wizards:

	I have run across another quandary. I am trying to get a filespec from the
command line like:

./scriptname file1*

	and file name expansion occurs before I can assign the filespec to a variable.
I want to be able to grab the 'file1*' filespec without having to require that
it be enclosed in single quotes (./scriptname 'file1*'). I'm using the filespec
like:

FILESPEC=$1
NEWNAME=$2

for i in $(ls ${FILESPEC}); do
        echo -n "moving $i --> ${NEWNAME}.${i##*.}"
        if mv $i ${NEWNAME}.${i##*.}; then
                echo ".........Success"
        else
                echo ".........Failed"
        fi
done

	Can I do it, or do I have to look at handling the expanded command line in
another way like an array or something? The easiest way would probably be to
swap NEWNAME to $1 and then do $2 until I run out of parameters, but that would
defeat my preference of the command line being ./rename what to-what. What is
the best way to skin this cat? (I've also learned that the expression can be
'wash that pig' in some parts as well)

	Thanks.


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