zsh recursive glob and batch rename

zsh: list only regular files recursively, then mass-rename safely with zmv

setopt extendedglob; print -l **/*(.); autoload zmv; zmv '(*).txt' '$1.bak'
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    set -euo pipefail; IFS=$'\n\t'

    Fail fast on errors, unset vars, pipe failures; split only on newline/tab

  • Cleanup temp dir via trap
    tmp=$(mktemp -d); trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT INT TERM

    Auto-remove mktemp dir on exit/signal; note: quote $tmp to survive spaces

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    basename, strip extension, and global replace without spawning sed/basename

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