Index: mttroot/mtt/bin/mtt_rename
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--- mttroot/mtt/bin/mtt_rename
+++ mttroot/mtt/bin/mtt_rename
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@
 ###############################################################
 ## Version control history
 ###############################################################
 ## $Id$
 ## $Log$
+## Revision 1.5  2000/12/27 13:11:42  peterg
+## *** empty log message ***
+##
 ## Revision 1.4  1998/08/15 13:50:22  peterg
 ## Doesn't zap preexisting files
 ##
 ## Revision 1.3  1998/08/14 15:37:38  peterg
 ## rename now copies - no delete
@@ -30,17 +33,19 @@
 
 old_name=$1
 new_name=$2
 extension=$3
 
-left='[^a-zA-z]'
+left='[^a-zA-Z]*'
 right=$left
 if [ -f "$new_name$extension" ]; then
-   echo  "$new_name$extension \t already exists -- no action taken"
+   echo  "$new_name$extension already exists -- no action taken"
    exit
 fi
 if ls $old_name$extension > /dev/null 2>&1 
     then
 	echo Renaming $old_name$extension to $new_name$extension
 	sed "s/\($left\)$old_name\($right\)/\1$new_name\2/g" <$old_name$extension >$new_name$extension
 fi
+
+