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

       -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.

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.

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(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/.

util-linux                                          June 2011                                          RENAME(1)