I want to change extension of .pdf file to .zip
both commands given below gave me results
for i in *.pdf; do mv $i ${i%.pdf}.zip; done
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for i in *.pdf; do mv "$i" "${i%.pdf}.zip"; done
What is purpose " " in this command
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The first version won't work if any of the filenames contain whitespace. – Barmar Jun 10 '21 at 15:15
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Here is another simple solution: `rename '.pdf' '.zip' *.pdf` – whatspoppin Jun 10 '21 at 15:27