Quoting Renaud OLGIATI (ren...@olgiati-in-paraguay.org): > On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 08:23:13 -0400 > Haines Brown <hai...@histomat.net> wrote: > > > How do I get rid of the "~" so that the backups are file.1, file.2, > > etc.? > > How about using the GNU rename in the dir holding your backup files: > > $ rename "~" "" *~*
Would that not be something more like rename 's/\.~([0-9]+)~$/.$1/' *[0-9]~ Cheers, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150716165126.GA9663@alum
