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=== In the Bash shell === | === In the Bash shell === | ||
for file in *.php; do mv "$file" "${file%.php}.gif"; done | |||
for file in *.php; do mv "$file" "${file%.php}.gif"; done | |||
=== Slightly more complex shell version === | |||
This has the benefit of using a full regular expression in the sed part so you can do much more complex renames, it is also generally more widely available as rename is not available in as many places as ls, awk, sed and sh. | |||
ls *.php | awk '{print("mv "$1" "$1)}' | sed 's/php$/gif/2' | /bin/sh | |||
[[Category:HowTo]] | |||