st: Rename

From	Ronnie Babigumira <[email protected]>
To	[email protected]
Subject	st: Rename
Date	Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:10:45 +0700

Dear Listers
How do I rename some variables by switching letters around.

As an example, I would like to rename r1k4 r12k4 to k4r1 and k4r12, so take the last two characters and put them at the beginning and put whatever is left at the end.

Many thanks

Ronnie
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