# generates a string of "oldname newname" from 2 records, for use with mv. Main # problem solved here generating the newname string using the number prefix and # filetype affix. BEGIN { FS="." oldname = "" num = "" ext = "" newname = "" } NR == 1 { oldname = $0 num = $1 # important that this is the last field, not numbered, to allow for a file # without a string descriptor. ext = $NF } NR == 2 { newname = sprintf("%s.%s.%s", num, $0, ext) } END { print oldname, newname }