Renaming/Moving a Group of Filenames

From: Mark Monroe (mark.monroe_at_FORMSANDSUPPLY.COM)
Date: 01/30/04

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    Date:         Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:00:47 -0500
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    I need help with something that I think is very simple. My mind is over thinking the process and I cant seem to think of any easy way to accomplish something.

    I have a several files in a directory such as this:

    test001.txt
    test002.txt
    test003.txt
    test004.txt

    I want to rename the extension on the whole list to be something different like this:

    test001.xyz
    test002.xyz
    test003.xyz
    test004.xyz

    Is there an easy way with the cp or mv command to take test*.txt and create the new files as test*.xyz?

    Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated,

    Mark

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