On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 04:29:37PM -0500, drew cohan wrote: > On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 03:03:10PM -0500, drew cohan wrote: > > How do I rename all files in a directory matching the pattern *.JPG to > > *.jpg in a bash shell script? Thanks to you guys I can check for the > > existence of jpgs in a directory, but can't seem get 'mv' to rename > > them for me (always complains that the last argument must be a > > directory). > > Thanks, once again, you guys are great. One quick question about this > one: > > $ rename 's/\.JPG$/.jpg/' *.JPG > > Shouldn't I literalize the second period like > > $ rename 's/\.JPG$/\.jpg/' *.JPG > > or doesn't that make a difference?
You only need to escape metacharacters on the left-hand side of s/// expressions, so no, it makes no difference. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
