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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *
> > > * For searches and help try:
> > > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> > > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> > > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
> > >
> > *
> > * For searches and help try:
> > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
> >
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
*
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