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RENAME(1) User Commands RENAME(1)
rename - rename files
rename [options] expression replacement file...
rename will rename the specified files by replacing the first
occurrence of expression in their name by replacement.
-s, --symlink
Do not rename a symlink but its target.
-v, --verbose
Show which files where renamed, if any.
-n, --no-act
Do not make any changes.
-o, --no-overwrite
Do not overwrite existing files.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
Given the files foo1, ..., foo9, foo10, ..., foo278, the commands
rename foo foo0 foo?
rename foo foo0 foo??
will turn them into foo001, ..., foo009, foo010, ..., foo278. And
rename .htm .html *.htm
will fix the extension of your html files. Provide an empty string
for shortening:
rename '_with_long_name' '' file_with_long_name.*
will remove the substring in the filenames.
The renaming has no safeguards except the --no-act option. If the
user has permission to rewrite file names, the command will perform
the action without any questions. For example, the result can be
quite drastic when the command is run as root in the /lib directory.
Always make a backup before running the command, unless you truly
know what you are doing.
0 all requested rename operations were successful
1 all rename operations failed
2 some rename operations failed
4 nothing was renamed
64 unanticipated error occurred
mv(1)
The rename command is part of the util-linux package and is available
from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
This page is part of the util-linux (a random collection of Linux
utilities) project. Information about the project can be found at
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