Modify rnfile such that it will keep a copy of the old existing file (if available) before the renaming operating.     Assume that apple.txt will be renamed as orange.txt. When the command “./rnfile apple.txt orange.txt” is executed, the script will first check whether orange.txt exists under the given path or not. If the file exists then orange.txt will be renamed as orange.txt_old before renaming apple.txt as orange.txt.    Make rnfile an executable shell script; try to rename a file to a filename that already exists. Show your shell program and its output to the instructor.

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Modify rnfile such that it will keep a copy of the old existing file (if available) before the renaming operating. 

  

Assume that apple.txt will be renamed as orange.txt. When the command “./rnfile apple.txt orange.txt” is executed, the script will first check whether orange.txt exists under the given path or not. If the file exists then orange.txt will be renamed as orange.txt_old before renaming apple.txt as orange.txt. 

 

Make rnfile an executable shell script; try to rename a file to a filename that already exists. Show your shell program and its output to the instructor. 

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