sorry, misread that steve Phariss spoke forth with the blessed manuscript: > the text strings are IN the files. rename was easy :) > > Mike Garfias wrote: > > >for i in `ls *.html` do; \ > > mv $i `basename $i .html`.php \ > >done > > > >steve Phariss spoke forth with the blessed manuscript: > > > > > >>I am trying to replace all instances of .html to .php in multiple files > >>(same directory) I have tried a few of the sed command scripts I found > >>on the web, but they do not seem to be working. > >> > >>Thanks for any help with this simple problem :) > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------- > >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> > >--------------------------------------------------- > >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss