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Distribution: Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Lubuntu, Picuntu, Mint 18.1, Debian Jessie
Posts: 1,207
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renaming multiple files
I have 1191 html files in a directory that I can use fine on an ext3 file system. When I try to copy them onto a vfat USB drive, they will only copy if I remove the ? in each filename. Each file is named like this:
Distribution: Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Lubuntu, Picuntu, Mint 18.1, Debian Jessie
Posts: 1,207
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that rename command is nice-I see how the man page has an error, though. Since Win needes .html on files to open them in a web browser I'd like to add the .html extension on all the files. Currently I have 1191 files with these filenames:
Originally posted by linuxhippy that rename command is nice-I see how the man page has an error, though. Since Win needes .html on files to open them in a web browser I'd like to add the .html extension on all the files. Currently I have 1191 files with these filenames:
There's also a program called "mmv" that can move or copy multiple files.
A few minutes ago I was browsing the rename man page, and in the SEE ALSO section it listed mmv. Never heard of it before, and it isn't installed on Slackware 13.1. Should it be?
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