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Old 08-13-2005
Renaming multiple files, to get rid of extension
I have a good script to rename multiple files, but what's the best way I can remove some text from multiple filenames? Say I have a directory with 35 files with a .XLS at the end, how can I rename them to remove the .XLS but keep everything the same, without having to mv manually. Thanks.
# 2  
Old 08-13-2005
Try this:

Code:
cd dir_where_files_are
for file in *.xls; do
mv $file `echo $file|cut -d. -f1`
done

# 3  
Old 08-13-2005
In ksh/bash
Code:
for file in *.sh; do 
    mv $file ${file%%.sh} 
done

# 4  
Old 08-13-2005
Thanks everyone, will try this out!!!
# 5  
Old 08-16-2005
cd dir_where_files_are
for file in *.xls; do
mv $file `echo sed -e 's/\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/\1/g'`
done
# 6  
Old 08-16-2005
rename ".XLS" " " *
# 7  
Old 08-16-2005
mmv '*.XLS' '#1'
 
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