On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:37:07PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: > How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of > files like: > file.jpg > file1.jpg > file_2.jpg > to: > file_thumb.jpg > file1_thumb.jpg > file_2_thumb.jpg
Using bash, you can do something like that: for file in file.jpg file1.jpg file_2.jpg; do mv $file ${file/.jpg/_thumb.jpg} done -- Olivier Mehani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 3720 A1F7 1367 9FA3 C654 6DFB 6845 4071 E346 2FD1 [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]