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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4537- August 13, 2025
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Unix Tip #4537- August 13, 2025
RENAME A LARGE NUMBER OF FILES
This a an oldie but a goodie. There always comes a
time when a large number of files need to be renamed.
Here is one quick way to do it:
=================== cut here ===========================
#!/bin/sh
for i in *
do
echo $i
mv $i `basename $i`.bak
done
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