Terminal wildcards

[surfer]

or:

$ rename -n 's/\.txt$/\.html/' *.txt

to just display what would be changed and

rename -v 's/\.txt$/\.html/' *.txt

to really do it.

[DaithiF]

and yet another way:

rename 's/.txt$/.html/' *.txt

nice thing about rename is the -n parameter which allows you to preview what your command will do, without actually doing it.

EDIT: oops bit late -- strange forums lag

[sarin_cv]

getting better... unfortunately rename is not available for my AIX UNIX machine in office....

[DaithiF]

getting better... unfortunately rename is not available for my AIX UNIX machine in office....

its just a short perl script, 30 lines or so, you could copy it across if you wish (and if you have perl of course)