Mass file conversion

[StarGateSG-1]

Hello,

Were can I get a program that can convert file exensions all at once and not by hand?

Thank you

[GlobeTrotter]

I use Rename It 3.0

I believe it was free.

[[Gandalf]]

Why don't you create a program to do it for you? It's far from impossible... Or you could try searching for programs other people made to do similar tasks and use those.

[Tony]

yey for OSX Automator

Quote:

You can easily automate tasks such as renaming a large group of files, resizing dozens of images to fit an iPhoto slideshow or creating iCal birthday events using Address Book contacts, then repeat those tasks again and again. Simple and easy-to-understand application Actions are the building blocks, so you don't have to write any code.

[wtd]

Yay for high-level languages with decent support for basic filesystem operations!

[md]

changing the file extension isn't nessessarily what you want to do... if you want to convert from one format to another there's more to it then file extensions.

[JackTruong]

Use the command line if you want to convert extensions of files.

rename *.[old] *.[new]

[md]

/me yells out again

CHANGING THE FILE EXTENSION DOES NOT CHANGE THE FILE FORMAT.

depending on what your trying to convert to/from there are many apps out there. But without knowing what your doing I can't really help more.

[wtd]

For limited needs it can be useful, though. Consider the case of a C++ project filled with .C files. Let's say you want to change this to .cpp. Here you wouldn't need to change the format at all.

[md]

Ok, yes there are some circumstances; but in most cases like that you don't *really* need to change the filename at all.

[Andy]

why not just associate that certain type with the program you would like to open it with?