Rename *.MP3 *.Mp3 *.mP3 etc.. to *.mp3.

find ./ -iname "*.mp3" -type f -printf "mv '%p' '%p'\n" | sed -e "s/mp3'$/mp3'/I" | sh
Extensible to other ugly extensions like *.JPG, *.Jpg etc.. Leave out the last pipe to sh to perform a dry run.

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By: jnash
2009-03-27 13:42:40
find sed rename, extension
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People- there's a search bar at the top called 'Grep the archive'. I think we've covered every last known scenario with find... 10 times. Something new perhaps?
atoponce · 880 weeks and 6 days ago
well.. I thought using the case insensitive switch of find and sed was something useful. But I yeah I agree with you too.. find has been beaten to death here :D
jnash · 880 weeks and 6 days ago
Shorter version: find . -iname \*.mp3 | sed -e 's/.*/mv & &/' -e s/.mp3$/.mp3/I | sh
penpen · 880 weeks and 6 days ago
your scripts only work for a subset of filenames try this for size : touch 'a b c' 'valid filename' and see how they fare
maht · 880 weeks and 5 days ago
@penpen: I'm not sure your version handles spaces although with that addition even it'd still come shorter :) @maht: I should've included the -print0 option in find and used xargs with -0 I guess
jnash · 880 weeks and 5 days ago
if you only have mp3s in a dir you can also use a mmv. mmv "*" "#l1" l= lowercase u=uppercase
lied · 879 weeks ago

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