asked on 5/14/2011

Linux/Unix shell command RENAME

i need to rename all *.JPG to *.jpg in a particular single directory (no recursion)

how can i accomplish this once i CD to that directory?

something like rename *.JPG *.jpg

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Tintin

5/14/2011

farzanj

5/14/2011

Try this:

for file in $(ls *.JPG)
do
   mv $file ${file%.*}.jpg
done

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willsherwood

5/14/2011

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that was easy! thanks!

Tintin

5/14/2011

Even easier if you use the 'rename' command.

Unfortunately this comes in two flavours on Linux systems, so you either need to do:

rename .jpg ,JPG *.JPG

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rename 's/JPG/jpg/' *.JPG

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Tintin

5/14/2011

Small typo.

rename .jpg ,JPG *.JPG

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should be

rename .jpg .JPG *.JPG

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