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Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 20:28:19 -0500
From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
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Subject: Re: How do I change the extensions on a slew of files
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--On Wednesday, September 03, 2003 18:25:07 -0700 Jonas <jonas@netwood.net> 
wrote:

>
> 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
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>
>
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

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