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bash script to mass rename files in a directory
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rename.sh
#!/bin/sh
SRCEXT="html"
DSTEXT="txt"
for file in *.$SRCEXT; do
echo "$file -> `basename "$file" .$SRCEXT`.$DSTEXT"
mv "$file" "`basename "$file" .$SRCEXT`.$DSTEXT"
done
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