How to add an extension to all files via terminal
for f in * ; do
mv "$f" "$f.zip"
done
rename 's/$/\.zip/' *
Don't use xargs
for that!
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- Recursively add file extension to all files - Stack Overflow
- Add file extension to files with bash - Stack Overflow
man rename:
NAME
rename - renames multiple files
SYNOPSIS
rename [ -v ] [ -n ] [ -f ] perlexpr [ files ]
DESCRIPTION
"rename" renames the filenames supplied according to the rule specified as
the first argument. The perlexpr argument is a Perl expression which is
expected to modify the $_ string in Perl for at least some of the filenames
specified. If a given filename is not modified by the expression, it will not
be renamed. If no filenames are given on the command line, filenames will be
read via standard input...
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