Command to rename file extensions on a server?
 

I need to change .JPG to .jpg in a particular folder. Needs to do subfolders too. Thanks.

What OS?

mv in nix, ren in win

Hrm. I don't even know. It's not my server. Uploading something for a client. Didn't notice that the file extensions were wrong (windows not being case sensitive and all). I shall find out.

execute:

cd /path/to/folder; ls -al | grep JPG | awk '{print $9, $9}' >shit && vi shit

in vi hit escape, delete the top two lines (should be "." and "..", these can be deleted by hitting "d" twice, followed by shift-colon, at the colon prompt enter this sequence:

%s/^/mv /g

enter after that, simply change the second colum to have lower case jpg at the end. escape back to shell and save by hitting escape shift-colon and at the prompt enter:

wq!

at the prompt execute:

sh shit

I would explain how to do it for all files etc... but that's getting a bit tricky and wouldnt want to do so without seeing the file structure myself. be careful!

Could be done by a simple shellscript, or a php script, whatever you want ;)

Ooh. if it can be done with a php script, that would be great. Could someone be so kind as to give me the code? Thanks.

Why dont you just delete the files you uploaded. Then, on your pc, do a batch rename of the extension with Namewiz or any other renaming proggie. Then re-upload the shit.

Much safer than going in " shell" by telnet....

Or if not too many, use an FTP like shell manager:

F-Securee SSH file transfer. If interested, could post the link...

regular expressions own!
I've always wished that this was syntactically correct:

# mv *.WHATEVER *.whatever

hehe

Nice sledgehammer for a little nut

Just didn't want to have to re-upload everrrrrrrrrything. But i just realised my FTP program has a setting that will only upload the new files. ooh. Thanks for the help anyways.

depends on how you look at it... for me unix power tools are second nature... takes me less then a minute to accomplish what I need. How would you go about it :)