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In the terminal, how can I repeat a command multiple times on different files?

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In the terminal, I want to use ffmpeg2theora to convert all the .MOV files in a certain directory to .ogv files. However, the following does not work:

ffmpeg2theora *.MOV

Is there a good way to repeat a command multiple times on different files?

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answered 2 Years ago ardtry · Accepted Answer

If you use the default shell (bash), you can use the following:

for file in *.MOV; do ffmpeg2theora "$file"; done