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RENAME(1)                                           User Commands                                           RENAME(1)



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.

       -s, --symlink
              Peform rename on symlink target

       -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.ker‐
       nel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.



util-linux                                            June 2011                                             RENAME(1)