How do you write a shell script that change the extension of all the files?
e.g
chext rtf doc
where .rtf is the original extension
and .doc is the new extension
is it something to do with basename?
do I need a for loop?
Please help!
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Hi
I am writing a script which does an FTP of a set of files onto another machine and then would have to rename the files into a different extension on the source machine.
for example if the file being sent via FTP is sample.txt. Once the file has been transferred i would want to modify the... (2 Replies)
Hello, my first post!
I'd appreciate help with this script, I'm new to this.
I have a media directory where I want to batch convert image file names from .img to .iso.
I've tried but get:
$ ./img2iso2.sh
./img2iso2.sh: line 13: syntax error: unexpected end of file :(
This is my... (10 Replies)
Interpreter should be bash.
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
I need to make a file (myText.txt or song.mp3 or cloud.tar.gz or whatever) and then change the extension to (myText.TXT , song.MP3, cloud.TAR.GZ).
It would be good if I can add all information in... (4 Replies)
I searched the forum, but there was different type of rename.
Hello.
I have files in folder.
Like:
xxxxxxxx1.html
or
xxxxxxxx2.txt
or
xxxxxxxx3.tar.gz
and how to rename or change file extension case to
xxxxxxxx1.htm
or
xxxxxxx2.TXT
or (5 Replies)
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
Create a Shell script that looks for all text files in your home directory (including subdirectories).
List... (3 Replies)
Hi everyone
When I'm starting my script I'm giving to it two parameters:
script.sh ext1 ext2
I need to copy all files in a directory fitting ext1, to the same folder, with the same names, but with the changed extension to ext2.
Till now I've just managed to do it for only 1 file, but I... (16 Replies)
I have a filename with a bunch of periods that I want to replace with underscores, but I don't want to change the extension.
Ex: I want
file.test1.f-1.fig.eps
to be
file_test1_f-1_fig.eps
Using awk, the following line will replace ALL periods with underscores, but I want to leave the... (2 Replies)
I have a directory that contains several files, out of which some files are have an extra extension for example
file1.new.new.new
file2.new.new.new
file3.new.new.new
file4.new.new.new
i want to write a shell script that rename all such file with only single extension like
file1.new... (7 Replies)
Hi All,
I want to fetch the files based on .done file and display the .csv files and Wil take .csv files for processing.
1.I need to display the .done files from the directory.
2.next i need to search for the .Csv files based on .done file.then move .csv files for the one directory
... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT XFREE86
xeyes
XEYES(1) General Commands Manual XEYES(1)NAME
xeyes - a follow the mouse X demo
SYNOPSIS
xeyes [-option ...]
DESCRIPTION
Xeyes watches what you do and reports to the Boss.
OPTIONS -fg foreground color
choose a different color for the pupil of the eyes.
-bg background color
choose a different color for the background.
-outline outline color
choose a different color for the outline of the eyes.
-center center color
choose a different color for the center of the eyes.
-backing { WhenMapped Always NotUseful }
selects an appropriate level of backing store.
-geometry geometry
define the initial window geometry; see X(7).
-display display
specify the display to use; see X(7).
-bd border color
choose a different color for the window border.
-bw border width
choose a different width for the window border.
-shape uses the SHAPE extension to shape the window. This is the default.
+shape Disables uses the SHAPE extension to shape the window.
SEE ALSO X(7), X Toolkit documentation
See X(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
AUTHOR
Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium
Copied from the NeWS version written (apparently) by Jeremy Huxtable as seen at SIGGRAPH '88
XFree86 Version 4.7.0 XEYES(1)