I want to rename all files in a directory from *.ts to *.mkv












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Rename all the files in .ts files in a directory
My echo command works but not if I try to make it a new variable.



#!/bin/sh
for file in "${1}"/*.ts; do
echo ${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|'
new_name=${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|'
done









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  • Just use rename. If the Perl version, it's just rename 's/.ts$/.mkv' *.

    – Sparhawk
    3 hours ago






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    Possible duplicate of Changing extension to multiple files

    – Jeff Schaller
    3 hours ago











  • I want to save the renamed file to a variable to pass in another command in the script (input name -> output name). The examples are for renaming them in the directory

    – NasKar
    2 hours ago






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    Please edit your question to include this information.

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Rename all the files in .ts files in a directory
My echo command works but not if I try to make it a new variable.



#!/bin/sh
for file in "${1}"/*.ts; do
echo ${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|'
new_name=${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|'
done









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  • Just use rename. If the Perl version, it's just rename 's/.ts$/.mkv' *.

    – Sparhawk
    3 hours ago






  • 5





    Possible duplicate of Changing extension to multiple files

    – Jeff Schaller
    3 hours ago











  • I want to save the renamed file to a variable to pass in another command in the script (input name -> output name). The examples are for renaming them in the directory

    – NasKar
    2 hours ago






  • 1





    Please edit your question to include this information.

    – Sparhawk
    1 hour ago














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Rename all the files in .ts files in a directory
My echo command works but not if I try to make it a new variable.



#!/bin/sh
for file in "${1}"/*.ts; do
echo ${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|'
new_name=${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|'
done









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Rename all the files in .ts files in a directory
My echo command works but not if I try to make it a new variable.



#!/bin/sh
for file in "${1}"/*.ts; do
echo ${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|'
new_name=${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|'
done






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  • Just use rename. If the Perl version, it's just rename 's/.ts$/.mkv' *.

    – Sparhawk
    3 hours ago






  • 5





    Possible duplicate of Changing extension to multiple files

    – Jeff Schaller
    3 hours ago











  • I want to save the renamed file to a variable to pass in another command in the script (input name -> output name). The examples are for renaming them in the directory

    – NasKar
    2 hours ago






  • 1





    Please edit your question to include this information.

    – Sparhawk
    1 hour ago



















  • Just use rename. If the Perl version, it's just rename 's/.ts$/.mkv' *.

    – Sparhawk
    3 hours ago






  • 5





    Possible duplicate of Changing extension to multiple files

    – Jeff Schaller
    3 hours ago











  • I want to save the renamed file to a variable to pass in another command in the script (input name -> output name). The examples are for renaming them in the directory

    – NasKar
    2 hours ago






  • 1





    Please edit your question to include this information.

    – Sparhawk
    1 hour ago

















Just use rename. If the Perl version, it's just rename 's/.ts$/.mkv' *.

– Sparhawk
3 hours ago





Just use rename. If the Perl version, it's just rename 's/.ts$/.mkv' *.

– Sparhawk
3 hours ago




5




5





Possible duplicate of Changing extension to multiple files

– Jeff Schaller
3 hours ago





Possible duplicate of Changing extension to multiple files

– Jeff Schaller
3 hours ago













I want to save the renamed file to a variable to pass in another command in the script (input name -> output name). The examples are for renaming them in the directory

– NasKar
2 hours ago





I want to save the renamed file to a variable to pass in another command in the script (input name -> output name). The examples are for renaming them in the directory

– NasKar
2 hours ago




1




1





Please edit your question to include this information.

– Sparhawk
1 hour ago





Please edit your question to include this information.

– Sparhawk
1 hour ago










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The simplest solution would be to tell you to change the assignment to:



new_name=$( echo ${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|' )


But a better solution would be to do:



new_name="${file%.ts}.mkv"





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    #!/bin/sh
    for file in "${1}"/*.ts; do
    mv "${file}" "$(basename "${file}").mkv"
    done





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      find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.ts' -exec rename .ts .mkv {} "+"


      Run this in the directory containing the .ts files.






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        The simplest solution would be to tell you to change the assignment to:



        new_name=$( echo ${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|' )


        But a better solution would be to do:



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          The simplest solution would be to tell you to change the assignment to:



          new_name=$( echo ${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|' )


          But a better solution would be to do:



          new_name="${file%.ts}.mkv"





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            The simplest solution would be to tell you to change the assignment to:



            new_name=$( echo ${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|' )


            But a better solution would be to do:



            new_name="${file%.ts}.mkv"





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            The simplest solution would be to tell you to change the assignment to:



            new_name=$( echo ${file} | sed -e 's|.ts|.mkv|' )


            But a better solution would be to do:



            new_name="${file%.ts}.mkv"






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                #!/bin/sh
                for file in "${1}"/*.ts; do
                mv "${file}" "$(basename "${file}").mkv"
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                        find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.ts' -exec rename .ts .mkv {} "+"


                        Run this in the directory containing the .ts files.






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                          find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.ts' -exec rename .ts .mkv {} "+"


                          Run this in the directory containing the .ts files.






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                            find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.ts' -exec rename .ts .mkv {} "+"


                            Run this in the directory containing the .ts files.






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                            find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.ts' -exec rename .ts .mkv {} "+"


                            Run this in the directory containing the .ts files.







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