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rename − Rename files |
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rename from to file... |
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rename will rename the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of from in their name by to. |
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−V, −−version |
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Display version information and exit. |
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For example, given the files |
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foo1, ..., foo9, foo10, ..., foo278, the commands |
rename foo foo0 foo? rename foo foo0 foo?? |
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will turn them into foo001, ..., foo009, foo010, ..., foo278. And |
rename .htm .html *.htm |
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will fix the extension of your html files. |
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mmv(1), mv(1) |
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The rename command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. |