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Linux - Renaming Files

Renaming multiple files in a single directory

I tried the following "script" in a shell...

for i in `ls *.php3`; 
do 
mv $i `echo $i|tr 'php3' 'php'`;
done

with the intention of renaming all the files in a folder from .php3 to .php... WRONG Instead, I now have *.phpp

(BTW I repaired my error with rename phpp php *.phpp)

This would have worked:

for file in *.php3
do
mv $file `basename $file .php3`.php
done

...or...

Please also see how-to rename a single file or a directory

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