mass rename in linux? 1

[cleansedbb]

this is probably a stuipd ? but is there a way to
do a mass rename?

I basically want to have all *.html changed to *.ltr

Any info would be helpful

 

[KenCunningham]

Does:

http://www.shelldorado.com/scripts/cmds/rename.txt

do the job? HTH.

 

[mrjazz]

Probably this is not the most sophisticated solution, but if you use the Korn shell it works like that:

create a list of all files ending with .html:
$ LIST=`ls` (back quotes!)

then just a for loop where the list is parsed in:

$ for file in $LIST
> do
> temp_name=${file%.*}
> mv $file $temp_name
> mv $temp_name $temp_name.ltr
> done

Hope that helps!

mrjazz

 

[gregsimpson]

for file in *.html
do
newname=`echo $file | sed -e 's/.html/.ltr/'`
mv $file $newname
done

 

[cleansedbb]

thank you all, they all work. gregsimpsons worked best since it was quick an simple.
*tips hat*