tldr/pages/common/rename.md

rename

renames multiple files

• Change foo to bar in matching filenames

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

• Convert to lower case

rename -c {{*.txt}}

• Replace whitespace with underscores

rename --nows {{*.txt}}
rename 's/\s+/_/g' {{*.txt}}

• No action, just show what renames would occur

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