Re: a Linux question

From: houghi (houghi_at_houghi.org)
Date: 11/01/03 

Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 18:33:12 +0100

dennis tuchler wrote:
> How do I do a mass change of name, e.g. changing the extensions of ten
> files from *.cgi to *.pdf. Apparently you have to change names file by
> file using mv or rename. Cp won't work either.
>
> I have sought the answer to this question out in the on-line manual, to no
> avail. So I changed the file names file by file. I would like to know
> whether there is a way to change extensions en masse, for next time.

Install mmv 

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