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Date:      Tue, 9 Jan 2001 15:41:31 -0800
From:      "Peter Brezny" <peter@sysadmin-inc.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   A simple shell question, How do i rename multiple files?
Message-ID:  <003101c07a95$b24117a0$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>

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I've got a bunch of files all ending in the same extension (somename.xxx)

I want to rename all of them to just (somename)

I've tried
mv *.xxx * 

the same format with cp

i've read the mv man page.

This can't be that hard.

TIA

Peter Brezny
SysAdmin Services Inc.



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