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NAME

6       rename - Rename files
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SYNOPSIS

9       rename from to file...
10       rename -V
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DESCRIPTION

13       rename  will  rename  the specified files by replacing the first occur‐
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30              rename .htm .html *.htm
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SEE ALSO

36       mv(1)
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AVAILABILITY

39       The rename command is part of the util-linux-ng package and  is  avail‐
40       able from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
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44                                1 January 2000                       RENAME(1)