2014-02-23 17:08:04 +00:00
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# rename
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2019-07-18 13:08:49 +01:00
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> Rename multiple files.
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2024-02-05 07:04:49 +00:00
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> Note: this page refers to the command from the `rename` Debian package.
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2021-07-09 15:45:55 +01:00
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> More information: <https://manned.org/file-rename>.
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2014-02-23 17:08:04 +00:00
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2016-01-20 11:41:12 +00:00
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- Rename files using a Perl Common Regular Expression (substitute 'foo' with 'bar' wherever found):
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2014-02-23 17:08:04 +00:00
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2019-03-26 23:49:14 +00:00
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`rename {{'s/foo/bar/'}} {{*}}`
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2014-02-23 17:08:04 +00:00
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2016-01-20 17:59:42 +00:00
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- Dry-run - display which renames would occur without performing them:
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2014-02-23 17:08:04 +00:00
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2019-03-26 23:49:14 +00:00
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`rename -n {{'s/foo/bar/'}} {{*}}`
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2014-02-23 17:08:04 +00:00
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2019-07-18 13:08:49 +01:00
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- Force renaming even if the operation would remove existing destination files:
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2016-07-20 06:47:32 +01:00
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2019-03-26 23:49:14 +00:00
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`rename -f {{'s/foo/bar/'}} {{*}}`
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2016-07-20 06:47:32 +01:00
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- Convert filenames to lower case (use `-f` in case-insensitive filesystems to prevent "already exists" errors):
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2014-02-23 17:08:04 +00:00
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2019-03-26 23:49:14 +00:00
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`rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' {{*}}`
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2015-06-26 03:35:13 +01:00
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2016-01-20 11:41:12 +00:00
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- Replace whitespace with underscores:
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2015-06-26 03:35:13 +01:00
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2019-03-26 23:49:14 +00:00
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`rename 's/\s+/_/g' {{*}}`
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