The man page of mmv says :
mmv - move/copy/append/link multiple files by wildcard patterns
But I don't care about the other features. For me this is very useful.
$ls *jpg
aurobindo-ghose.jpg radhamangeshkar.jpg
brahma_vishnu_shiva.jpg rama_sita_hanuman.jpg
durga_hanuman_skanda.jpg rama_sita_lakshmana_hanuman.jpg
hanuman.jpg Rishikesh_view_across_bridge.jpg
krishna_arjuna.jpg saraswati2.jpg
$ mmv -v '*.jpg' '#1.jpeg'
aurobindo-ghose.jpg -> aurobindo-ghose.jpeg : done
brahma_vishnu_shiva.jpg -> brahma_vishnu_shiva.jpeg : done
durga_hanuman_skanda.jpg -> durga_hanuman_skanda.jpeg : done
hanuman.jpg -> hanuman.jpeg : done
krishna_arjuna.jpg -> krishna_arjuna.jpeg : done
This is cool. I can also do many advanced tricks.
So far a one command batch move function was missing from the almighty
UNIX command line.
Now you have it. I should also profusely thank an IIT Roorkee student
who asked me to run a tip on
this to me in a personal mail long ago. Sorry I don't recollect his
name. I took a long time to learn it. ;)
mmv is safe(does not overwrite files), you can do advanced stuff with
it but it is a
cryptic utility made needlessly complex but
you will get your head around it in a while.
This article will be a great help.
http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/mmv-copy-append-link-move-multiple-files-under-linux-shell-bash-by-wildcard-patterns-p5/
It reminds me of par(1) in its unnecessary complexity but it is not as
bad as that.
-Girish
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