Writing shell script called "convert"

bluewolf · 01-30-2003, 11:50 PM

How do I write a shell script called "convert" that renames all files in the current dir with a .php3 extension to have a .php extension instead.

MasterC · 01-31-2003, 12:10 AM

This forum is for questions about the website itself, or suggestions. You probably want to ask this in the programming section, or Linux - General, but not here. Don't post another thread though, a mod or Jeremy will move this one for you to the correct forum.

In the future, please post threads in the correct forum.

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Hko · 02-01-2003, 09:09 AM

Code:

#!/bin/bash

ls *.php4 | while read f ; do
        mv $f ${f%4}
done

Note that this does not check if the destination file allready exists!

You could also install the "mmv" (Multiple MoVe), if it's not allready installed on your system. "mmv" is made especially for this kind of thing, so you wouldn't need a script, but just one mmv command.

bluewolf · 02-04-2003, 10:52 PM

Thanks HKO. Most appreciated, although I still don't understand it. I will get the hang of it yet.