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Address the presence of multiple and different versions of the rename command as discussed in issue #3125. Changes made: - Moved common/rename.md to linux/prename.md, documenting the Debian Perl rename command (which is deprecated). - Created linux/file-rename.md for the Debian/Ubuntu `file-rename`. - Created linux/perl-rename.md with examples for Arch Linux `perl-rename`. - Created linux/rename.md for the `rename` command offered by the the `util-linux` package, the most common one and supported by the most platforms.
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# rename
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> Rename multiple files.
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> NOTE: this page refers to the command from the `util-linux` package.
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> For the Perl version, see `file-rename` or `perl-rename`.
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> Warning: This command has no safeguards and will overwrite files without prompting.
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- Rename files using simple substitutions (substitute 'foo' with 'bar' wherever found):
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`rename {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}`
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- Dry-run - display which renames would occur without performing them:
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`rename -vn {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}`
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- Do not overwrite existing files:
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`rename -o {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}`
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- Change file extensions:
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`rename {{.ext}} {{.bak}} {{*.ext}}`
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- Prepend "foo" to all filenames in the current directory:
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`rename {{''}} {{'foo'}} {{*}}`
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- Rename a group of increasingly numbered files zero-padding the numbers up to 3 digits:
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`rename {{foo}} {{foo00}} {{foo?}} && rename {{foo}} {{foo0}} {{foo??}}`
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