mmv! That's what I've been looking for. :-) BTW, thanks for the perl script. That's what I acutally used to do the job and it works very well! Don On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > I'm trying to rename a ton of files with a certain extension to another > > extension type. If this is possible with the mv command I can't figure > out > > the syntax.. Anyone know how to do this? > > There is a command called mmv that you can get in various places (suse has > an rpm of it) > then all you do is: > mmv "*.jpg" #1.gif > and it would rename all your jpeg files to gifs. I highly recomend it. > > Brian Cluff > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss