Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 18:56:15 -0700 From: "Jonas" <jonas@netwood.net> To: "'Larry Rosenman'" <ler@lerctr.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: How do I change the extensions on a slew of files Message-ID: <024501c37287$b9b341b0$0800a8c0@master> In-Reply-To: <88930000.1062638899@lerlaptop.lerctr.org>
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> > > > Hello Know-It-Alls, > > > > If I have a directory with a whole slew of files with the same file > > extension, for example: > > > > 1-1-1.inc > > 1-1-2.inc > > 1-1-3.inc > > etc. > > > > What command can I use to change the file extension - but keep the file > > name the same - in one swell swoop? The equivalent command in Windows > > would be: > > > > C:\>ren *.inc *.htm > > > > Jonas Fornander - System Administrator > > Netwood Communications,LLC - www.netwood.net > > Find out why we're better - 310-442-1530 > > > > > from an sh type shell > for i in *.inc > do > z=`echo $i | sed -e "s/inc/htm/g"` > mv ${i} ${z} > done > > (not tested, but should work.) > > LER Tested and it works great! Thanks. Jonas Fornander - System Administrator Netwood Communications,LLC - www.netwood.net Find out why we're better - 310-442-1530
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