Re: help with 'rename' function

[Thomas Köhler <jean-luc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 04:15:57AM -0400, Timothy J Luoma wrote:
> 
> I used to have a binary that did this, but I've lost it.
> 
> What it did was simple: it changed extensions of filenames.
> 
> For example, say you have a bunch of files which ended with .THIS and you  
> wanted to change them to end with .THAT
> 
> You would do
> 
> 	rename *.THIS THIS=THAT
> 	
> and it would go on its way... or if it was just one file:
> 
> 	rename foo.THIS THIS=THAT

Apart from using mmv (I think it should be somewhere on
sunsite/mirrors), why not use this one:

for i in *.THIS ; do mv $i `basename $i .THIS`.THAT ; done

CU,
Thomas

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