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Re: [Help-bash] how to bulk rename files
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Help-bash] how to bulk rename files |
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Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:51:04 -0600 |
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On 04/11/2012 02:44 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> I have many files, 2.5 million, that I have to make available to Windows
> folks
> They demand that the files have a extension added
> Is there an efficient method of bulk renaming files
If you're wanting to use just bash features:
for f in $(generate your list of files); do
mv "$f" "$f.ext"
done
If you want efficient, there's several purpose-built tools for this job,
but it is no longer a question for the bash list. My favorite:
man mmv
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