# Find and replace

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-and-replace/144109>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 11, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-and-replace/144109 "2005-04-11T21:22:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-and-replace/144109/1 "2005-04-11T21:22:22Z")

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I’m not sure what I should be searching for :puzzled:

I need to chop off whatever is after the last . in a file extension and replace it with jpg.

So if the file name was dave.gif I need to convert it to dave.jpg

As always thanks for any links, code, etc.

D