rename.ul
rename files
see also :
mv
Synopsis
rename
[options] expression replacement file...
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
Given the files foo1, ..., foo9, foo10, ...,
foo278, the commands
rename foo foo0 foo?
rename foo foo0 foo??
will turn them into foo001, ..., foo009,
foo010, ..., foo278. And
rename .htm .html *.htm
will fix the extension of your html files.
description
rename
will rename the specified files by replacing the first
occurrence of expression in their name by
replacement.
options
-v,
--verbose
Give visual feedback which
files where renamed, if any.
-V,
--version
Display version information and
exit.
-h,
--help
Display help text and exit.
availability
The rename command is part of the util-linux package and is
available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
warning
The renaming has no safeguards. If the user has permission to
rewrite file names, the command will perform the action without
any questions. For example, the result can be quite drastic when
the command is run as root in the /lib directory. Always make a
backup before running the command, unless you truly know what you
are doing.
see also
mmv,
mv