Linux: remove file extension from all files in a folder using bash command

Question

I want to remove the file extension from all ".txt" files in a folder. What bash command should I use to do this?

Answer 1

Since you want to remove ".txt" from all text files in a folder, you can use the "mv" command with the "for" loop.

• "cd" to the folder of those files.
• run the following command on the terminal.

for file in $(ls *.txt);  do mv "$file" "${file%.*}" ; done