Re: changing extensions, a little OT perhaps.
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:32:33 -0400
Bob Torres <bob@rjtorres.net> blurted in message
[🔎] 20020426173233.GB5659@rjtorres.net:
> Hi All,
>
> I recently transferred some MP3s from my MacOS desktop to my Debianppc
> laptop. There are no file extensions for these mp3 files, so they're
> kind worthless for xmms in Linux.
>
> On the Linux side, how would I go about adding extensions to these files
> without doing it manually? In other words, is there something I could
> pass at the command line to accomplish this for a whole directory of
> files? I've been using Linux for three years or so now, and I've always
> wanted to know how to do this...anyone care to educate me? I'm hoping
> for something a little more substantive than "go learn sed (or whatever
> program)," though learning by example usually works the best for me. ; )
>
if it's just adding an extension:
for FILE in * ; do
if [ -f "${FILE}.mp3" ] ; then
echo "${FILE}.mp3 already exists!"
else
mv "${FILE}" "${FILE}.mp3"
fi
done
if they already have extensions, you can use rename:
rename MP3 mp3 *.MP3
L.
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