rename

linux

Rename multiple files. WARNING: This command will overwrite files without prompting unless the dry-run option is used. Note: This page refers to the command from the `util-linux` package.

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Options (2)

boolean

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

Example: rename {{[-vn|--verbose --no-act]}} {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}

-o, --no-overwriteboolean

Do not overwrite existing files

Example: rename {{[-o|--no-overwrite]}} {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}

Examples (6)

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|--verbose --no-act] foo bar *

Do not overwrite existing files

rename [-o|--no-overwrite] 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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