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RENAME

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: June 2011
Index Return to Main Contents
 

NAME

rename - rename files  

SYNOPSIS

rename [options] expression replacement file...  

DESCRIPTION

rename will rename the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of expression in their name by replacement.  

OPTIONS

-s, --symlink
Do not rename a symlink but its target.
-v, --verbose
Show which files where renamed, if any.
-n, --no-act
Do not make any changes.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
 

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. Provide an empty string for shortening:

rename '_with_long_name' '' file_with_long_name.*

will remove the substring in the filenames.  

WARNING

The renaming has no safeguards except the --no-act option. 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.  

EXIT STATUS

0
all requested rename operations were successful
1
all rename operations failed
2
some rename operations failed
4
nothing was renamed
64
unanticipated error occurred
 

SEE ALSO

mv(1)  

AVAILABILITY

The rename command is part of the util-linux package and is available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
WARNING
EXIT STATUS
SEE ALSO
AVAILABILITY





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