How to rename all the files in a folder having specific
extension?
Example: I have some files with extension (.txt) in a folder
name 'Test'. I have to rename all the .txt files in a test
and its subdirectories to .my extension.

Answer Posted / veera

rename replacing-text replaced-test list-of-files
ex: rename .txt .my *.txt

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