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fix invalid jpg extension

This might be old news, but I discovered a utility to add the proper extension to files automatically.
I had quite a few album art downloads that were labeled *.jpg, but are actually *.png .
This utility can fix that:  TrID - File Identifier
I had some trouble doing a batch conversion at first, but I found the trick.
Use "dir /b /s > filename.txt" to create a file with all that you want to check/convert, then do "type myfilelist.txt | trid -ce -@"
(You can use wildcards with the dir command, I looked for "folder.jpg".)
This is helpful if you display album art and it is sometimes not found because of the improper file extension.

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Re: fix invalid jpg extension

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Use "dir /b /s > filename.txt" to create a file with all that you want to check/convert, then do "type myfilelist.txt | trid -ce -@"
(You can use wildcards with the dir command, I looked for "folder.jpg".)
It's not necessary to use an intermediate file - the information you linked to already provides the solution:

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TrID can get a file list from stdin, with the -@ switch.
So it's possible to work on an entire folder tree, or a particular subset of files, just using the output of some other command through a pipe. Something like:

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C:\TrID>dir d:\recovered_drive /s /b | trid -ce -@

I've not tried it, but it would be more conventional to do something like:
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for /r %g in (<filespec>) do trid -ce %g

/r specifies recurse subfolders; change % to %% if putting this line into a .bat.
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Re: fix invalid jpg extension

Reply #2 –
Thanks, just tried the first method you mentioned, works great!
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Reply #3 –
Where are you finding all the possible switches? I tried the old DOS convention of trid /h and trid /? and got nothing. (Except "error. no file found")

Re: fix invalid jpg extension

Reply #4 –
>trID.exe -?

TrID/32 - File Identifier v2.24 - (C) 2003-16 By M.Pontello

Usage: TrID <[path]filespec(s)...> [-ae|-ce] [-d:file] [-ns] [-n:nn]
                                   [-@] [-v] [-w] [-?]

Where: <filespec> Files to identify/analyze
       -ae        Add guessed extension to filename
       -ce        Change filename extension
       -d:file    Use the specified defs package
       -ns        Disable unique strings check
       -n:nn      Number of matches to show (default: 5)
       -@         Read file list from stdin
       -v         Verbose mode - display def name, author, etc.
       -w         Wait for a key before exiting
       -?         This help!
korth

Re: fix invalid jpg extension

Reply #5 –
Thanks korth.   8)

BTW, can I use DOS wildcards in the filename? And what separator do I use between multiple filenames?
 

Re: fix invalid jpg extension

Reply #6 –
- is the command switch prefix in Linux, so it seems like this .exe is a port from Linux to Windows.
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