I want to quickly change the filename extensions for a directory with hundreds of *.dta files. The extension will be changed from *.dta to *.dat. I will use a simple inline script to accomplish the task. Also, I want to set the file to read all. Here's an example.
Change filename extension
# cd /directory_with_datafiles
# csh
# foreach filename ( *.dta )
?set base=`basename $filename .dta`
?mv $filename $base.dat
?end
# chmod 444 *.dat
Here's an actual run
# csh
# touch t1.data t2.data t3.data t4.data t5.data
# foreach filename (*.data)
? set base=`basename $filename .data`
? mv $filename $base.dat
? end
# ls
t1.dat t2.dat t3.dat t4.dat t5.dat