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From: Till Plewe <till@plewe.is.tsukuba.ac.jp>
To: Jonas <jonas@netwood.net>
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Subject: Re: How do I change the extensions on a slew of files
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 06:25:07PM -0700, Jonas 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 
> 

The shortest answer is probably:

portinstall mmv; mmv "*.inc" =1.htm

- Till