2019-07-18 13:08:49 +01:00
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# rename
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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 `util-linux` package.
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2019-07-18 13:08:49 +01:00
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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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2022-03-21 17:07:48 +00:00
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> More information: <https://manned.org/rename>.
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2019-07-18 13:08:49 +01:00
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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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