[adding the find logic] find /blah/*.jpg -exec rename .jpg .png {} \; On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:19 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > rename .JPG .jpg *.JPG > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> some cameras take photos and append it with .JPG My system doesn't seem >> to like that. How do I find and replace text. I thought it would be a >> simple pipe argument (as shown in ) but I was wrong. How do you do it? >> I then figured I only have a few in one directory to do so I wouldd do a >> simple mv command. That didn't work either So I looked at its man page >> and discovered th -T option; but that didn't help any. I googled and found >> some complex commands and I a s hoping there was a simple way to do it >> (like my pipe example0. >> Is there a simple way to find from / and change the name of multiple >> files? >> >> >> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~/Pictures/Flowers $ find *.JPG|mv *.jpg >> mv: missing destination file operand after `*.jpg' >> Try `mv --help' for more information. >> >> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~/Pictures/Flowers $ mv *.JPG *.jpg >> mv: target `*.jpg' is not a directory >> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~/Pictures/Flowers $ man mv >> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~/Pictures/Flowers $ mv -T *.JPG *.jpg >> mv: extra operand `100_0125.JPG' >> Try `mv --help' for more information. >> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~/Pictures/Flowers $ mv ./*.JPG *.jpg >> mv: target `*.jpg' is not a directory >> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~/Pictures/Flowers $ mv -T ./*.JPG *.jpg >> mv: extra operand `./100_0125.JPG' >> Try `mv --help' for more information. >> bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~/Pictures/Flowers $ >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >