in reply to Changing file extensions

I think all you probably need to do is run this shell command:
$ cd TroubleSomeDirectory
$ rename -vi "s/\.te?xt\z/.html/i" *\ *

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Using this venerable Perl rename script.

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Re^2: Changing file extensions
by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 06, 2011 at 00:02 UTC
    Speaking of shell command, it's way simpler than that: 
    >rename *.txt *.html

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    aka 
    >ren *.txt *.html

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