rename

Rename multiple files.

NOTE: this page refers to the command from the `prename` Fedora package.

• Rename files using a Perl Common Regular Expression (substitute 'foo' with 'bar' wherever found):

rename {'s/foo/bar/'} {*}

• Dry-run - display which renames would occur without performing them:

rename -n {'s/foo/bar/'} {*}

• Force renaming even if the operation would remove existing destination files:

rename -f {'s/foo/bar/'} {*}

• Convert filenames to lower case (use `-f` in case-insensitive filesystems to prevent "already exists" errors):

rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' {*}

• Replace whitespace with underscores:

rename 's/\s+/_/g' {*}

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