batch renaming files in the Terminal

oswald defense lawyer

OK, I thought this was simple but it seems to have stumped the Unix gurus out there...





All I want to do is rename all the files in a folder so that they have '.html' on the end of the filename? currently they have no file extension.

how hard can this be?

dmgeist

First: make sure you don't have Always show file extensions in the finder prefrences.

Second: Select all of the files in the folder and show file info(cmd-i)

you should be able to change file properties doing that.

Third: Sometimes even if a file is an HTML, MP3, etc... it might not

have the .ext on it. You can also change what application it opens with

by using cmd-i.

thinkingdifferent

Here ya go. Use this shell script. This script will rename all files in the current directory. Don't forget to do a chmod +x.



#!/bin/sh



FS=`ls`



for FILE in $FS

do

mv $FILE $FILE.html

done

mrbilldata

This script will rename all files in the given directory name and its sub-directories.



#!/bin/csh

# directory_name can be . or and directory

find directory_name ! -type d -exec mv {} {}.html \\;



#!/bin/csh

# directory_name is entered as a parameter when the script is run

find \\!* ! -type d -exec mv {} {}.html \\;



Kenny must live... to die



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mrbilldata

The second method will also allow for more than one directory name to be given as a parameter.