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<p>Goldfish: /* In the Bash shell */</p> <hr /> <div>== Mass Renaming Files ==<br /> <br /> === Introduction ===<br /> <br /> Mass renaming of files can vary depending on what platform and system you're on. If you're on Unix, and more specifically Unix, the following techniques should be available to you.<br /> <br /> If you're using RedBrick then both '''mmv''' and '''rename''' are available to you.<br /> <br /> In this scenario, we are going to try and rename all .php files in the current directory so they have a .gif extension<br /> <br /> '''WARNING:''' always backup your files<br /> <br /> <br /> === Using mmv ===<br /> <br /> mmv '*.php' '#1.gif'<br /> <br /> <br /> === Using rename ===<br /> <br /> rename 's/\.php$/.gif/' *.php<br /> <br /> <br /> === In the Bash shell ===<br /> for file in *.php; do mv &quot;$file&quot; &quot;${file%.php}.gif&quot;; done</div>

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