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Old 11-25-2011
Data ksh command to rename all files with no extension
hi!

i want to rename all files with no extension with the extension DAT.

with this command ls |grep -v "\\." i can list files but i dont know how i am going to rename them..

so

i tried
Code:
 
FILE_LIST=ls |grep -v "\\." 
 
for TEST_FILE in ${FILE_LIST}
do
 
mv $TEST_FILE $TEST_FILE".DAT"
 
fi
done

and its wrong..

PLEASE HELP!
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# 2  
Old 11-25-2011
Code:
$ ls -1 | grep -v "\." | awk '{print "mv "$0" "$0".DAT"}' | sh

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# 3  
Old 11-25-2011
i have just tried it..Smilie

Many Thanks!
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