rename

Rename multiple files.

NOTE: this page refers to the command from the `util-linux` package.

For the Perl version, see `file-rename` or `perl-rename`.

Warning: This command has no safeguards and will overwrite files without prompting.

• Rename files using simple substitutions (substitute 'foo' with 'bar' wherever found):

rename {foo} {bar} {*}

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

rename -vn {foo} {bar} {*}

• Do not overwrite existing files:

rename -o {foo} {bar} {*}

• Change file extensions:

rename {.ext} {.bak} {*.ext}

• Prepend "foo" to all filenames in the current directory:

rename {''} {'foo'} {*}

• 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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