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Arthur Bols 89c43ca8e4 rename: address different versions of the command (#3126) 
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.
2019-07-18 14:08:48 +02:00

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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??}}