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]
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> 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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