You might want to use mmv: mmv \*.bmp #1.png
cool, though that isn't on my box by default (Slackware). 03:34 tjpick:~/school/2004/143465$ mmv bash: mmv: command not found
I found it on the interweb though, looks handy. 'Course the loop I was using does a format conversion from bmp to png too... rather than just renaming them.
Cheers. <Tim gleefully adds url to bookmarks. Resists urge to download now as that could result in failure of final 4th year uni paper due to excessive timewasting playing with new tool instead of studying.>[fxargs] Sure, been online for years: http://volker.dnsalias.net/soft/rpm/suse9.1/scriptutils-1.25-1.noarch.rpm
Tim
