Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> wrote: > ./project1/bak/a.yml > ./project1/bak/b.yml > ./project2/bak/c.yml > ./project2/bak/d.yml > I want to move the *.yml files into the corresponding parent directory. rename 's!(.*/)([^/]*)$!$1../$2!' project*/bak/*.yml ;-) Chris