A simple task: given a directory of files and a command that takes one file as input and produces one file as output, I want to process all the files in a directory at once and output them with corresponding matching names (with new extensions).
So if the command would normally be:
convert -input sourceFile.ext -output destFile.out
I want to process a folder with
file1.ext, file2.ext, etc.
and produce in the same directories the files
file1.out, file2.out, etc.
Is there any way to do this in terminal without writing a bash script? I'm not very familiar with scripting, so any simple solution would be appreciated.
Best Answer
Without using
basename
:See http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Shell-Parameter-Expansion