zmv:tldr:d11bc
The command is written in the zsh shell and uses the zmv function to rename files.
Here is the breakdown of each part of the command:
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zmv:zmvis a built-in function in zsh shell used for batch renaming of files. -
'$': The dollar sign indicates the start of a parameter expansion. It is used to reference the positional parameters in the form of$1,$2, etc. -
${(*)-log}: In zsh,${(*)}expands to all command-line arguments passed to the current script, while${(*):-log}expands to the first command-line argument if available, orlogif no arguments are provided. This is used to select the files to be renamed. So, all files matching the pattern-logwill be affected. -
'${$1-txt}':${$1}expands to the first command-line argument, and'txt'is appended to it. This means that the-logextension in the filenames will be replaced with the.txtextension.
To summarize, the command renames all files ending with -log by replacing the -log extension with .txt.