Changing a multiple file extension using single line command

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I have some files whose names contain multiple extensions:

$ ls -r
File1_345.R.12345
File1_3.234.R.6789
File1_2345.R.2345
File1_12345.R.12345
$

I want to rename them
to remove all the existing extensions and replace them with .txt.Ã‚Â
Output should be below:

$ ls -r
File1_345.txt
File1_3.txt
File1_2345.txt
File1_12345.txt

Is it possible to use find and xargs command?

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Jeff Schaller

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Aashish Raj

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What happens in the situation of another file named File1_2345.R.1234? Why does the command need to be on a single line?
â€“Â Jeff Schaller
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1
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favorite

I have some files whose names contain multiple extensions:

$ ls -r
File1_345.R.12345
File1_3.234.R.6789
File1_2345.R.2345
File1_12345.R.12345
$

I want to rename them
to remove all the existing extensions and replace them with .txt.Ã‚Â
Output should be below:

$ ls -r
File1_345.txt
File1_3.txt
File1_2345.txt
File1_12345.txt

Is it possible to use find and xargs command?

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

32.6k849110

asked Aug 13 at 20:23

Aashish Raj

3516

1

What happens in the situation of another file named File1_2345.R.1234? Why does the command need to be on a single line?
â€“Â Jeff Schaller
Aug 14 at 1:00

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
1
down vote

favorite

I have some files whose names contain multiple extensions:

$ ls -r
File1_345.R.12345
File1_3.234.R.6789
File1_2345.R.2345
File1_12345.R.12345
$

I want to rename them
to remove all the existing extensions and replace them with .txt.Ã‚Â
Output should be below:

$ ls -r
File1_345.txt
File1_3.txt
File1_2345.txt
File1_12345.txt

Is it possible to use find and xargs command?

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

32.6k849110

asked Aug 13 at 20:23

Aashish Raj

3516

I have some files whose names contain multiple extensions:

$ ls -r
File1_345.R.12345
File1_3.234.R.6789
File1_2345.R.2345
File1_12345.R.12345
$

I want to rename them
to remove all the existing extensions and replace them with .txt.Ã‚Â
Output should be below:

$ ls -r
File1_345.txt
File1_3.txt
File1_2345.txt
File1_12345.txt

Is it possible to use find and xargs command?

find filenames xargs mv

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

32.6k849110

asked Aug 13 at 20:23

Aashish Raj

3516

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

32.6k849110

asked Aug 13 at 20:23

Aashish Raj

3516

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

32.6k849110

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

32.6k849110

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

32.6k849110

asked Aug 13 at 20:23

Aashish Raj

3516

asked Aug 13 at 20:23

Aashish Raj

3516

asked Aug 13 at 20:23

Aashish Raj

3516

1

What happens in the situation of another file named File1_2345.R.1234? Why does the command need to be on a single line?
â€“Â Jeff Schaller
Aug 14 at 1:00

add a commentÂ |Â

1

What happens in the situation of another file named File1_2345.R.1234? Why does the command need to be on a single line?
â€“Â Jeff Schaller
Aug 14 at 1:00

What happens in the situation of another file named File1_2345.R.1234? Why does the command need to be on a single line?
â€“Â Jeff Schaller
Aug 14 at 1:00

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If you want to remove all extensions (everything after the first dot)
from each filename, do

$ for f in *
do
 mv -- "$f" "$f%%.*.txt"
done

Of course, if you really want to do this in one line,
just collapse the above to

$ for f in *; do mv -- "$f" "$f%%.*.txt"; done

edited 2 days ago

answered Aug 13 at 21:20

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You can do it with GNU Parallel:

find ... | parallel mv '=s/..*//='.txt

answered Aug 14 at 21:50

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If you want to remove all extensions (everything after the first dot)
from each filename, do

$ for f in *
do
 mv -- "$f" "$f%%.*.txt"
done

Of course, if you really want to do this in one line,
just collapse the above to

$ for f in *; do mv -- "$f" "$f%%.*.txt"; done

edited 2 days ago

answered Aug 13 at 21:20

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up vote
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If you want to remove all extensions (everything after the first dot)
from each filename, do

$ for f in *
do
 mv -- "$f" "$f%%.*.txt"
done

Of course, if you really want to do this in one line,
just collapse the above to

$ for f in *; do mv -- "$f" "$f%%.*.txt"; done

edited 2 days ago

answered Aug 13 at 21:20

G-Man

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up vote
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down vote

If you want to remove all extensions (everything after the first dot)
from each filename, do

$ for f in *
do
 mv -- "$f" "$f%%.*.txt"
done

Of course, if you really want to do this in one line,
just collapse the above to

$ for f in *; do mv -- "$f" "$f%%.*.txt"; done

edited 2 days ago

answered Aug 13 at 21:20

G-Man

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If you want to remove all extensions (everything after the first dot)
from each filename, do

$ for f in *
do
 mv -- "$f" "$f%%.*.txt"
done

Of course, if you really want to do this in one line,
just collapse the above to

$ for f in *; do mv -- "$f" "$f%%.*.txt"; done

edited 2 days ago

answered Aug 13 at 21:20

G-Man

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edited 2 days ago

answered Aug 13 at 21:20

G-Man

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answered Aug 13 at 21:20

G-Man

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answered Aug 13 at 21:20

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You can do it with GNU Parallel:

find ... | parallel mv '=s/..*//='.txt

answered Aug 14 at 21:50

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You can do it with GNU Parallel:

find ... | parallel mv '=s/..*//='.txt

answered Aug 14 at 21:50

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You can do it with GNU Parallel:

find ... | parallel mv '=s/..*//='.txt

answered Aug 14 at 21:50

Ole Tange

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You can do it with GNU Parallel:

find ... | parallel mv '=s/..*//='.txt

answered Aug 14 at 21:50

Ole Tange

11.4k1344103

answered Aug 14 at 21:50

Ole Tange

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answered Aug 14 at 21:50

Ole Tange

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answered Aug 14 at 21:50

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