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# 1  
Old 08-29-2008
Bug Changing the extension of the file
I have a list of files in a particular folder
Example:
File name - sample.F1.test

I want to change the extension of the above file to .csv
The final file should be renamed as sample.csv
# 2  
Old 08-29-2008
Code:
mv sample.F1.test sample.csv

Just kidding. Are you looking for something like this?

Code:
for f in *.F1.test; do
  mv "$f" "${f%.F1.test}".csv
done

# 3  
Old 08-29-2008
for f in `ls -1 *.F1.test`
do
mv $f `echo $f | cut -d"." -f1`.csv
done
# 4  
Old 08-29-2008
Useless use of ls -- the backticks and the ls do not add any value, the wildcard will be expanded by the shell by the time ls reads it.
# 5  
Old 08-29-2008
A deja vu feeling?
https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-que...file-unix.html
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