Batch File Rename By File Extension in Unix

Batch File Rename By File Extension in Unix

These are one-liners which batch rename files meeting a certain criteria under unix
These are very powerful command line tools. They have been used on FreeBSD, Linux, and MacOSX with success. But as with any batch file changing, you are advised to use them with caution. Backups are your friend!

# change .htm files to .html
for file in *.htm ; do mv $file `echo $file sed 's/\(.*\.\)htm/\1html/'` ; done

# change .html files to .htm
for file in *.html ; do mv $file `echo $file sed 's/\(.*\.\)html/\1htm/'` ; done

#change .html files to .shtml
for file in *.html ; do mv $file `echo $file sed 's/\(.*\.\)html/\1shtml/'` ; done

#change .html files to php
for file in *.html ; do mv $file `echo $file sed 's/\(.*\.\)html/\1php/'` ; done"

Sun[tm] ONE Message Queue 3.5 Enterprise Edition, Beta

Beta release of Sun MQ 3.5. The feature list describes lots of technical details, especially considering their clustering approach. eg info about every cluster node (broker) must be available to the client for load balancing and fail-over.

here are the release notes.

interesting:

• enhanced auto-reconnect
• broker memory management
• monitoring via special JMS destinations
• resource adapter for integration with j2ee server

Recovering a Lost BIOS Password

Google Answers: Recovering a Lost BIOS Password

really good answer -- bios passwords don't seem to offer a lot of protection!