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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers rusty with cp command -- how to cp all .doc files with .txt extension Post 302512850 by AlphaLexman on Monday 11th of April 2011 05:34:06 PM
Old 04-11-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
You'd need the "mv" command to do that.
However the 'mv' command will rename/delete the original *.doc file.

You might be better off, logically, copying the original *.doc files to another separate directory, and then perform a 'mv *.doc to *.txt

That way you still have all your original files in native format.

As stated previously, just changing the extension, does not change the filetype.

EDIT: You'd need the "mv" command to do that. Does NOT mean the 'mv' command will convert the file.
I have confidence methyl knows this and just didn't explain it very well.
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX

dh_installchangelogs

DH_INSTALLCHANGELOGS(1) 					     Debhelper						   DH_INSTALLCHANGELOGS(1)

NAME

       dh_installchangelogs - install changelogs into package build directories

SYNOPSIS

       dh_installchangelogs [debhelperoptions] [-k] [-Xitem] [upstream]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_installchangelogs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing changelogs into package build directories.

       An upstream changelog file may be specified as an option.

       If there is an upstream changelog file, it will be installed as usr/share/doc/package/changelog in the package build directory.

       If the upstream changelog is an html file (determined by file extension), it will be installed as usr/share/doc/package/changelog.html
       instead. If the html changelog is converted to plain text, that variant can be specified as a second upstream changelog file. When no plain
       text variant is specified, a short usr/share/doc/package/changelog is generated, pointing readers at the html changelog file.

FILES

       debian/changelog
       debian/NEWS
       debian/package.changelog
       debian/package.NEWS
	   Automatically installed into usr/share/doc/package/ in the package build directory.

	   Use the package specific name if package needs a different NEWS or changelog file.

	   The changelog file is installed with a name of changelog for native packages, and changelog.Debian for non-native packages.	The NEWS
	   file is always installed with a name of NEWS.Debian.

OPTIONS

       -k, --keep
	   Keep the original name of the upstream changelog. This will be accomplished by installing the upstream changelog as changelog, and
	   making a symlink from that to the original name of the changelog file. This can be useful if the upstream changelog has an unusual
	   name, or if other documentation in the package refers to the changelog file.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
	   Exclude upstream changelog files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being installed.

       upstream
	   Install this file as the upstream changelog.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

11.1.6ubuntu2							    2018-05-10						   DH_INSTALLCHANGELOGS(1)
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