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Re: st: Renaming File Names


From   "Raphael Fraser" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Renaming File Names
Date   Tue, 6 May 2008 14:45:05 -0500

Ah! Now I understand. Thanks much.

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Mingfeng Lin <[email protected]> wrote:
> You can use ! or -shell-
>
>  e.g. (in stata)
>
>  ! cmd
>  OR
>  shell cmd
>
>  OR in your case
>  !  rename ....
>  OR
>  shell rename
>
>
>
>  On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Raphael Fraser <[email protected]> wrote:
>  > I'm not sure I understand how to call the operating system. Can you
>  >  give an example?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:15 PM, n j cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>  >  > Yes. Do your name manipulation using the usual string functions, macros,
>  >  > whatever, then call up your operating system using !.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Nick
>  >  >  [email protected]
>  >  >
>  >  >  Raphael Fraser
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  Is it possible to rename the file names below using the first four
>  >  >  characters in the file name in Stata?
>  >  >
>  >  >  018b_crp_13april08.0101.csv
>  >  >  020b_crp_26apr08.0101.csv
>  >  >  027b_crp_05april08.0101.csv
>  >  >  032bb_crp_06april08.0101.csv
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >
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