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Old 05-28-2010, 07:39 AM   #1
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How to write shell script that adds an extension ".new" to all the files in a direct

How to Write a small shell script that adds an extension ".new" to all the files in a directory.
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pseudo code:

while files in directory
rename file file.new
 
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for f in * ;do echo mv $f $f.new;done
 
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