Provided by: util-linux_2.19.1-2ubuntu3_i386 bug

NAME
       rename - Rename files


SYNOPSIS
       rename from to file...
       rename -V


DESCRIPTION
       rename   will  rename  the  specified  files  by  replacing  the  first
       occurrence of from in their name by to.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

       For example, 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.


SEE ALSO
       mmv(1), mv(1)


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

                                1 January 2000                       RENAME(1)