Re: changing file names 'on the fly'

[Frank Terbeck <ft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pol <xtekhne@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I would like to change file names while copying or moving.
> In my case, i would change all files ending with ".lyx14" into ".lyx".
> Any hints?

In this case, a simple loop would do:

for i in *.lyx14; do mv -- "$i" "${i:r}.lyx"; done

If you need to do more complex renames, see:
    % man zshcontrib | less -p zmv

Regards, Frank

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