[mdlug] batch name changes

[Mike Mikowski]

Hi Gary:

1. #Open up a terminal
2. cd <directory with files>
3. pwd # to ensure you are in the right directory
4. # copy and paste
 find ./ -type d |while read dir; do rename 's/$/.jpg/' $(find $dir -type f -maxdepth 1); done
5. # bask in success

Notice this handles all subdirectories as well!

Sent from my ASUS Eee Pad

Garry Stahl <tesral at wowway.com> wrote:

>On 01/24/2013 02:48 PM, Michael Mikowski wrote:
>> Hi Gary:
>>
>> Also, if you need to rename all files and know the extension you want, it is a one-liner (and this should be quite efficient):
>>
>> find ./ -type d |while read dir; do rename 's/$/.jpg/' $(find $dir -type f -maxdepth 1); done
>>
>
>????
>
>How do I use that?  I am not a command line user Linux style.  I barely 
>remember DOS and not well.  Haven't used since the 90s.
>
>Time to break out the Amiga.
>
>
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