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Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md

Terminal - Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md
rename .txt .md *.txt
2010-12-19 20:04:37
User: mrwill
Functions: rename
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Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md
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rename 's/.txt/.md/i' *
2010-12-09 18:50:17
User: Juev
Functions: rename
Tags: batch rename
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Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md
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mmv "*.txt" "#1.md"
2010-12-09 19:14:07
User: houghi
Tags: batch rename
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Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md

Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md

mmv most likely must be installed, but is very powerfull when you want to move/copy/append/link multiple files by wildcard patterns.

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for f in *.txt;do mv ${f%txt}{txt,md}; done
2010-12-09 18:55:15
User: mobilediesel
Functions: mv
Tags: batch rename
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Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md

Same thing using bash built-in features instead of a sub-shell.

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for f in *.txt; do mv $f `basename $f .txt`.md; done;
2010-12-09 18:29:17
User: vranx
Functions: mv
Tags: batch rename
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Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md

Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md

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rename 's/\.txt$/\.md$/i' *
2010-12-18 15:27:58
User: Juev
Functions: rename
Tags: batch rename
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rename .txt .md *.txt

syntax error at (eval 1) line 1, near "."

Comment by Juev 125 weeks and 6 days ago

This version of rename mrwill is referring to comes from the package util-linux-ng, a collection of utilities for linux development.

On the other hand, the rename you're trying to execute comes from Larry Wall and is basically a Perl wrapper.

Some Linux distributions install both of them, usually the first one as 'linux.ul' and the second as 'rename'. Obviously, this is the situation for Juev when trying to execute rename(1).

Comment by xakon 125 weeks and 6 days ago

I didn't know that! thanks xakon!

my command is alright then! :D

Comment by mrwill 125 weeks and 6 days ago

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