there is now a command to do those impossible
wild card requests like rename everything which
ends with ".ftn" to end with ".f4p" .
this is done by:
& expand "rename *.ftn #.f4p" > file
& run file

expand generates a command file on its std output.
'#' is the new special character introduced here.
it represents the string matched by '*' .
if there are more than one wild card specifications
in the file name, they may be referenced by '#1', '#2', ..., '#9'.
e.g.:

& expand "rename *.[cs] #1.#2.old" >file
will generate a command file which will add the extension ".old"
to all files which end either ".c" or ".s" .
'#1' represents the string matched by the '*' and '#2' represents the
character matched by the '[cs]' .
'?' is also allowed and matches any single character.
'#0' represents the logname of the owner of the file matched.
e.g.:
& expand "/tmp/* is owned by #0"
will give a listing of all files in tmp and their owners.
	post comments or bugs to mike penk(map) or stt.
