The man page of mmv says : mmv - move/copy/append/link multiple files by wildcard patterns
But I don't care about the other features. For me this is very useful. $ls *jpg aurobindo-ghose.jpg radhamangeshkar.jpg brahma_vishnu_shiva.jpg rama_sita_hanuman.jpg durga_hanuman_skanda.jpg rama_sita_lakshmana_hanuman.jpg hanuman.jpg Rishikesh_view_across_bridge.jpg krishna_arjuna.jpg saraswati2.jpg $ mmv -v '*.jpg' '#1.jpeg' aurobindo-ghose.jpg -> aurobindo-ghose.jpeg : done brahma_vishnu_shiva.jpg -> brahma_vishnu_shiva.jpeg : done durga_hanuman_skanda.jpg -> durga_hanuman_skanda.jpeg : done hanuman.jpg -> hanuman.jpeg : done krishna_arjuna.jpg -> krishna_arjuna.jpeg : done This is cool. I can also do many advanced tricks. So far a one command batch move function was missing from the almighty UNIX command line. Now you have it. I should also profusely thank an IIT Roorkee student who asked me to run a tip on this to me in a personal mail long ago. Sorry I don't recollect his name. I took a long time to learn it. ;) mmv is safe(does not overwrite files), you can do advanced stuff with it but it is a cryptic utility made needlessly complex but you will get your head around it in a while. This article will be a great help. http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/mmv-copy-append-link-move-multiple-files-under-linux-shell-bash-by-wildcard-patterns-p5/ It reminds me of par(1) in its unnecessary complexity but it is not as bad as that. -Girish -- Gayatri Hitech web: http://gayatri-hitech.com SpamCheetah Spam filter: http://spam-cheetah.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc