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    How to rename multiple files in Unix or Linux

    Tags: unix, linux, shell, bash

    To rename multiple files at the command prompt, you can use the rename command.

    The manpages describes the usage as rename from to file

    To rename all .csv files to .txt, this is what you do:

    rename .csv .txt *.csv
    Easy as pie!

    To remove all spaces and tildes (~) from *.BAK files:

    rename "s/[s+~]//g" *.BAK

    To remove all .pl, .cgi and .sh extensions:

    rename "s/\.pl$|\.cgi$|\.sh$//" *

    Last Updated on 1 June 2010

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