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Old 01-05-2009
Renaming file in Recursive folders
I have UWin version of Unix for Destop

I have files with extension *.abc. I want to rename it to *.csv.
Some of the filenames have spaces.
I also to rename the files with extension *.abc in the corresponding subfolders
ex
==
abc def.abc
ghi jkl.abc
mnopqr.abc
uvwxyz.abc

rename as
========
abc def.csv
ghi jkl.csv
mnopqr.csv
uvwxyz.csv
# 2  
Old 01-05-2009
Well I solved it myself after few tries

ls -ltR | awk '{print $9}' | sed 's/abc/csv/g'
# 3  
Old 01-05-2009
That will change what is displayed to the screen, but doesnt actually rename any actual files.
# 4  
Old 01-05-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ikon
That will change what is displayed to the screen, but doesnt actually rename any actual files.

Thanks for pointing out.
How do I actually rename it.
# 5  
Old 01-06-2009
Here is a link with some ideas on how to handle this:

Batch change extension of files on the unix command line
 
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