Bulk Rename Utility

I have a bit of software producing illegal file extensions (_.mpg) so i need to rename the output file extensions on the fly if possible. Basically all i want to do is every 2 minutes look in a directory and change the file extension of every file in the directory to .mpg

I was thinking of running a script as a scheduled task or whatever it's called in windows (cron job)

For some reason though i cant get brc32.exe to do anything other than tell me the system cannot find the file specified.

I run -

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brc32.exe /FIXEDEXT:<.mpg>

the syntax of the command is oncorrect

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brc32.exe /FIXEDEXT:<.mpg> /DIR:path

the system cannot find the file specified

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brc32.exe /execute /FIXEDEXT:<.mpg>

can anyone tell me where i'm going wrong?, i'm not new to cli apps, linux is my usual OS but this tool is not behaving like a normal cli app

nevermind lol,

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ren *._mpg *.mpg

works

Yes, ren is the simplest command.

Though your problem was the angle brackets <>. This is a fairly international convention for showing xample code, e.g.

<enter>

etc. You don't actually want to include them.



Jim