Question

Say I have three files (template_*.txt):

• template_x.txt
• template_y.txt
• template_z.txt

I want to copy them to three new files (foo_*.txt).

• foo_x.txt
• foo_y.txt
• foo_z.txt

Is there some simple way to do that with one command, e.g.

cp --enableAwesomeness template_*.txt foo_*.txt

Answer 1

 for f in template_*.txt; do cp $f foo_${f#template_}; done