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multiple renaming files & extension

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How may I rename files *.txt to *.dat? (*=all). Example: If i have 3 files named a.txt, b.txt, c.txt how can I rename them as a.dat, b.dat & c.dat (at the same time, not one by one). I know that we use mv for renaming but it doesn't change the .txt to .dat...

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I forgot something...I'm using SSH connection in order to use Unix.

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Name: Dlonra
Date: June 6, 2004 at 14:37:54 Pacific

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what Unix? On linux, there is rename(1). Otherwise, you need to write a shell script.

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on unix, using tcsh. Any suggestions???

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Name: Dlonra
Date: June 7, 2004 at 05:20:58 Pacific

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you do/do-not have rename? don't know tcsh. The general procedure is to use grep and sed to get the prefix, add the new suffix and rename.

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Name: Jimbo
Date: June 8, 2004 at 22:06:51 Pacific

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http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part2/section-6.html

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