bionic (1) rename.ul.1.gz

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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.

       -o, --no-overwrite
              Do not overwrite existing files.

       -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 foo00 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/.