Dale wrote: > > This is a option I haven't thought of. The mv command is a good > thought. Next time I have a lot of these to do, I'll try it. It just > may work. Plus, tab completion would be a nice bonus. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Well, I ran into a slight problem. This isn't much of a problem with Linux but I'm not sure how this would work on windoze tho. The problem, if it is one, is the file extension. Let's say I have a mp4 file that is the older original file that I intend to replace. If the file I intend to put in its place is a .mkv file, mv uses the .mp4 extension because all it cares about is the name of the file, not what it is or its content. So, I end up with a .mkv file that has a .mp4 extension. It works here on Linux but not sure about windoze and such. I looked at the man page and I don't see a way to tell it to retain the extension. I see something about suffix but I don't think that is related to this. If I just backspace and change the extension, it basically moves the file and I end up with both the old and new file. I wish I could write code and create a tool for this. :/ Is there a way to work around this problem? It works great except for losing the file extension. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
