Bob Torres ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > On the Linux side, how would I go about adding extensions to these files > without doing it manually? In other words, is there something I could > pass at the command line to accomplish this for a whole directory of > files? I've been using Linux for three years or so now, and I've always > wanted to know how to do this...anyone care to educate me? I'm hoping > for something a little more substantive than "go learn sed (or whatever > program)," though learning by example usually works the best for me. ; )
(assuming you are using bash as your shell, which should be the default) cd to your directory with mp3s and run: for x in * ; do mv $x $x.mp3 ; done For more info on basic bash scripting, check out http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html -- Adam Lazur, Cluster Monkey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
