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Old 08-19-2008
Error Renaming the File in UNIX

I have many files in a particular folder(all ending with extension .F1.Test). I need a unix command that will change my file extension from .F1.Test to .csv

I tried giving the command as "ren sample.F1.Test sample.csv", but i got the file as "sample.F1.csv"
Example : I have the filename (sample.F1.Test and test.F1.Test), so after the unix command it should be renamed to (sample.csv and test.csv). Please let me know the unix command to convert the above file extension.
# 2  
Old 08-19-2008
Try
mv sample.F1.Test sample.csv
mv test.F1.Test test.csv
# 3  
Old 08-19-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by prashant43
Try
mv sample.F1.Test sample.csv
mv test.F1.Test test.csv
dear prashant,
this code will move the original file but he want to rename it not to move i guess...
# 4  
Old 08-19-2008
This gives the commands to remove those files:

Code:
ls *.F1.test | sed 's/\(.*\)\.F1\.Test/mv & \1.csv/'

If the output is correct you can pipe the output to sh.


Regards
# 5  
Old 08-19-2008
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Originally Posted by vidyadhar85
dear prashant,
this code will move the original file but he want to rename it not to move i guess...
Dear vidydhar,

thanks for reminding....

If he want to keep original file, he can use
cp sample.F1.Test sample.csv

Regards
Prashant
# 6  
Old 08-19-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by prashant43
Dear vidydhar,

thanks for reminding....

If he want to keep original file, he can use
cp sample.F1.Test sample.csv

Regards
Prashant
but what if he has lots of file ending with F1.test then cp will take a lot of time..
i mean he has to type every time.. Smilie
# 7  
Old 08-19-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by vidyadhar85
but what if he has lots of file ending with F1.test then cp will take a lot of time..
i mean he has to type every time.. Smilie
If he has lot of files, then he can go for a script,...i guess.
 
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