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NAME

6       rename - rename files
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SYNOPSIS

9       rename [options] expression replacement file...
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DESCRIPTION

12       rename  will  rename  the specified files by replacing the first occur‐
13       rence of expression in their name by replacement.
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OPTIONS

16       -v, --verbose
17              Give visual feedback which files where renamed, if any.
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19       -V, --version
20              Display version information and exit.
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22       -s, --symlink
23              Peform rename on symlink target
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25       -h, --help
26              Display help text and exit.
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EXAMPLES

29       Given the files foo1, ..., foo9, foo10, ..., foo278, the commands
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31              rename foo foo0 foo?
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34       will turn them into foo001, ..., foo009, foo010, ..., foo278.  And
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36              rename .htm .html *.htm
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38       will fix the extension of your html files.
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WARNING

41       The renaming has no safeguards.  If the user has permission to  rewrite
42       file  names, the command will perform the action without any questions.
43       For example, the result can be quite drastic when the command is run as
44       root  in  the  /lib directory.  Always make a backup before running the
45       command, unless you truly know what you are doing.
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SEE ALSO

48       mmv(1), mv(1)
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AVAILABILITY

51       The rename command is part of the util-linux package and  is  available
52       from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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56util-linux                         June 2011                         RENAME(1)