rename one file

[Robert Vangel]

Trevor Smith wrote:
> The other day I wanted to rename one file from a console window like
> this:
> 
> filename.extension
> 
> to
> 
> filename.EXTENSION
> 
> I couldn't find any way to do it while leaving the file in the same
> directory. I could succeed using KDE/mouse renaming, but mv and cp
> refused or failed to rename the file while leaving it in the same
> directory.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 

This works fine for me

$ touch file.extension
$ ls
file.extension
$ mv file.extension file.EXTENSION
$ ls
file.EXTENSION
$

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