In message <Pine.NEB.4.05.9905211131050.1625-100000@fredfl2>, Guy Santiglia wri
tes:
>What would you do?  What WOULD you do?

for i in *.cpp
do
	mv $i ${i%.cpp}.c
done

For extra credit

	ls *.cpp | while read i
	do
		j=`echo $i | tr A-Z a-z`
		mv $i ${j%.cpp}.c
	done

>  Or what list might you ask a question like this?

comp.unix.shells or comp.unix.questions.

-s