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Re: Selective rennaming of extension

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On 2018-09-11, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
> I get a folder (from a .zip) full of files such as:
>
>> DM#3206078 - Réponse-Response - 180910-Bell Mobility-CRTC-20Jul18-307 TNC 2018-98.doc
> or
>> DM#3206146 - Réponse-Response - TELUS(CRTC)20July18-205.pdf
>
> There are about a hundred files
>
>
> At the gui level, is there a way to select  all the Bell Mobility files
> and changing then from .doc to .docx

Is selecting them all and choosing File > Rename not working for some
reason?

> At Command line:
>
> With VMS, I could have done
> rename *Bell*.doc .docx
>
> is there a simple bash way to achieve this?

Not bash, but I use Perl's "rename" command all the time:

rename -n 's/.doc/.docx/' *.doc

> Alternatively, is there a way to configure the mac to treat ".doc"
> documents as ".docx" so the same application (Preview, Pages) will
> accept them ?

Ummm.... File > Get Info > Open With > Change All, anyone?

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Selective rennaming of extension JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-11 13:37 -0400
  Re: Selective rennaming of extension nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-11 13:50 -0400
    Re: Selective rennaming of extension JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-11 13:56 -0400
      Re: Selective rennaming of extension nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-11 14:03 -0400
      Re: Selective rennaming of extension Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-12 09:02 +1200
        Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-11 14:10 -0700
          Re: Selective rennaming of extension Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-11 22:21 +0000
            Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-11 15:27 -0700
              Re: Selective rennaming of extension Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-12 13:51 +1200
                Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-11 18:58 -0700
              Re: Selective rennaming of extension Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-13 15:15 +0000
                Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-13 08:18 -0700
            Re: Selective rennaming of extension JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-12 13:42 -0400
              Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-12 10:43 -0700
              Re: Selective rennaming of extension Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-13 15:16 +0000
        Re: Selective rennaming of extension Elden <usenet@moondog.org> - 2018-09-11 18:39 -0700
          Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-11 18:44 -0700
            Re: Selective rennaming of extension Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-12 18:15 +1200
              Re: Selective rennaming of extension nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2018-09-12 14:14 -0600
          Re: Selective rennaming of extension Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-12 13:52 +1200
  Re: Selective rennaming of extension Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-11 18:17 +0000
    Re: Selective rennaming of extension JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-11 15:32 -0400
      Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-11 12:36 -0700
      Re: Selective rennaming of extension Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-11 22:18 +0000
      Re: Selective rennaming of extension Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-09-12 08:23 +0000
        Re: Selective rennaming of extension Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-09-12 08:45 -0700
  Re: Selective rennaming of extension Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-12 08:50 +1200

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