rename
Rename multiple files. NOTE: this page refers to the command from theutil-linux
package. For the Perl version, seefile-rename
orperl-rename
. Warning: This command has no safeguards and will overwrite files without prompting. More information: https://manned.org/rename.
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Rename files using simple substitutions (substitute 'foo' with 'bar' wherever found):
rename {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}
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Dry-run - display which renames would occur without performing them:
rename -vn {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}
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Do not overwrite existing files:
rename -o {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}
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Change file extensions:
rename {{.ext}} {{.bak}} {{*.ext}}
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Prepend "foo" to all filenames in the current directory:
rename {{''}} {{'foo'}} {{*}}
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Rename a group of increasingly numbered files zero-padding the numbers up to 3 digits:
rename {{foo}} {{foo00}} {{foo?}} && rename {{foo}} {{foo0}} {{foo??}}
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