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Article #3241Re: adding file suffix
From: Drew Davidson
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 21:50
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 21:50
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In article <1992Nov7.175558.3483@macadam.com> hfp@macadam.com (Hal Fox-Palmer)
writes:
> I just transfered about 200 Mac tiff files from a Mac HD to my NeXT HD.
> Of course they show up just like text files which I just add the .tiff
> suffix and everthing is fine. But I don't want to change them all by hand
> so the QUESTION is; is there a neat UNIX thing that will allow me to
> batch them all with the .tiff suffix ??
>
> THANKS
>
> Hal Fox-Palmer MACadam Computers
> hfp@macadam.com
Put them all in a single directory, open Terminal (you should get csh by
default). Type:
foreach file (*)
mv $file $file.tiff
end
and voila! your files are now TIFF.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!juliet!news From: drew@fnbc.com (Drew Davidson) Subject: Re: adding file suffix Message-ID: <1992Nov8.215031.5855@fnbc.com> Sender: news@fnbc.com Reply-To: drew@fnbc.com Organization: First National Bank Of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA References: <1992Nov7.175558.3483@macadam.com> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 21:50:31 GMT Lines: 28