cheat:rename
# To lowercase all files and folders in current directory:
rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *
# To replace 'sometext' with 'replacedby' in all files in current directory:
rename 's/sometext/replacedby/' *
tldr:rename
# rename
# Rename multiple files.
# NOTE: this page refers to the command from the `util-linux` package.
# For the Perl version, see `file-rename` or `perl-rename`.
# Warning: This command has no safeguards and will overwrite files without prompting.
# More information: <https://manned.org/rename>.
# Rename files using simple substitutions (substitute 'foo' with 'bar' wherever found):
rename foo bar *
# Dry-run - display which renames would occur without performing them:
rename -vn foo bar *
# Do not overwrite existing files:
rename -o foo bar *
# Change file extensions:
rename .ext .bak *.ext
# Prepend "foo" to all filenames in the current directory:
rename '' 'foo' *
# Rename a group of increasingly numbered files zero-padding the numbers up to 3 digits:
rename foo foo00 foo? && rename foo foo0 foo??
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