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== Mass Renaming Files | == Mass Renaming Files == | ||
=== Introduction | === Introduction === | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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In this scenario, we are going to try and rename all .php files in the current directory so they have a .gif extension | In this scenario, we are going to try and rename all .php files in the current directory so they have a .gif extension | ||
=== Using mmv | === Using mmv === | ||
mmv '*.php' '#1.gif' | mmv '*.php' '#1.gif' | ||
=== Using rename | === Using rename === | ||
rename 's/\.php$/.gif/' *.php | rename 's/\.php$/.gif/' *.php | ||
=== In the Bash shell | === In the Bash shell === | ||
OLDIFS=$IFS; IFS="\n"; for file in *.php; do newfile=`echo $file | sed -e 's/\.php$/\.gif/'`; mv $file $newfile; done; IFS=$OLDIFS | OLDIFS=$IFS; IFS="\n"; for file in *.php; do newfile=`echo $file | sed -e 's/\.php$/\.gif/'`; mv $file $newfile; done; IFS=$OLDIFS | ||