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rename.util

Rename multiple files. tldr-pages

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Rename multiple files. WARNING: This command will overwrite files without prompting unless the --no-act option is used. Note: This page refers to the command from the util-linux package.

Rename files using simple substitutions (substitute a string with a replacement wherever found)

rename string replacement *Identify

Simulate running the program without doing anything

rename --verbose --no-act string replacement *Identify

Do not overwrite existing files

rename --no-overwrite string replacement *Identify

Change file extensions

rename .ext .bak *.extIdentify

Prepend a prefix to all filenames in the current directory

rename '' 'prefix' *Identify

Rename a group of increasingly numbered files zero-padding the numbers up to 3 digits

rename prefix prefix00 prefix? && rename prefix prefix0 prefix??Identify