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Rubens Altimari 02a086c29a
rename, file-rename, perl-rename, prename: rework pages (#17259)
Co-authored-by: Managor <42655600+Managor@users.noreply.github.com>
2025-07-26 23:17:25 +03:00

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# rename
> Rename multiple files.
> WARNING: This command will overwrite files without prompting unless the dry-run option is used.
> Note: This page refers to the command from the `util-linux` package.
> More information: <https://manned.org/rename>.
- Rename files using simple substitutions (substitute 'foo' with 'bar' wherever found):
`rename {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}`
- Dry-run - display which renames would occur without performing them:
`rename {{[-vn|--verbose --no-act]}} {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}`
- Do not overwrite existing files:
`rename {{[-o|--no-overwrite]}} {{foo}} {{bar}} {{*}}`
- Change file extensions:
`rename {{.ext}} {{.bak}} {{*.ext}}`
- Prepend "foo" to all filenames in the current directory:
`rename {{''}} {{'foo'}} {{*}}`
- Rename a group of increasingly numbered files zero-padding the numbers up to 3 digits:
`rename {{foo}} {{foo00}} {{foo?}} && rename {{foo}} {{foo0}} {{foo??}}`