for file in `ls` ; do NEW=`echo $file | sed 's/.txt/.my/g'` ; mv

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.

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for file in `ls` ; do NEW=`echo $file | sed 's/.txt/.my/g'`
; mv $file $NEW ; done

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