Hi
I have files without any extension, I want to add html to the end.

findbis7?query=tree
findbis7?query=light
findbis7?query=vert
etc

findbis7?query=tree.html
findbis7?query=light.html
findbis7?query=vert.html
etc

I tried this command among many others and nothing works
ls -d *.* | sed 's/\(.*\).*$/mv "&" "\1.html"/' | sh

It would be nicer if I can get rid of
findbis7?query=

Please help me
Thanks

On 2006-11-13, ray <ray_lokey7543@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have files without any extension, I want to add html to the end.
>
> findbis7?query=tree
> findbis7?query=light
> findbis7?query=vert
> etc
>
> findbis7?query=tree.html
> findbis7?query=light.html
> findbis7?query=vert.html

I would try something like (untested)

for file in $(ls)
do
mv $file $file.html
done

(I'm sure a find would work too.)

>
> It would be nicer if I can get rid of
> findbis7?query=

There you might try rename. man rename has all the details you need.

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On 2006-11-13, ray wrote:
> Hi
> I have files without any extension, I want to add html to the end.
>
> findbis7?query=tree
> findbis7?query=light
> findbis7?query=vert
> etc
>
> findbis7?query=tree.html
> findbis7?query=light.html
> findbis7?query=vert.html
> etc
>
> I tried this command among many others and nothing works
> ls -d *.* | sed 's/\(.*\).*$/mv "&" "\1.html"/' | sh
>
> It would be nicer if I can get rid of
> findbis7?query=

for file in findbis*
do
mv "$file" "${file#*=}.html"
done

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Keith Keller wrote:
> On 2006-11-13, ray <ray_lokey7543@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> It would be nicer if I can get rid of
>> findbis7?query=
>
> There you might try rename. man rename has all the details you need.

Beware, however, that there are two different 'rename' utilities. I
think either should work in this case, however.

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Rename

On 13 Nov 2006 13:57:21 -0800, ray
<ray_lokey7543@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I have files without any extension, I want to add html to the end.
>
> findbis7?query=tree
> findbis7?query=light
> findbis7?query=vert
> etc
>
> findbis7?query=tree.html
> findbis7?query=light.html
> findbis7?query=vert.html
> etc
>
> I tried this command among many others and nothing works
> ls -d *.* | sed 's/\(.*\).*$/mv "&" "\1.html"/' | sh
>
Toto, we're not in Redmond anymore.
ls *.* lists filenames that contain "."

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Hi,

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:57:21 -0800, ray wrote:

> Hi
> I have files without any extension, I want to add html to the end.
>
> findbis7?query=tree
> findbis7?query=light
> findbis7?query=vert
> etc
>
> findbis7?query=tree.html
> findbis7?query=light.html
> findbis7?query=vert.html
> etc
>
> I tried this command among many others and nothing works
> ls -d *.* | sed 's/\(.*\).*$/mv "&" "\1.html"/' | sh
>
> It would be nicer if I can get rid of
> findbis7?query=

you can try:

mmv "findbis7*" "findbis7#1.html"

regards

olli