How to rename multiple files in Unix or Linux
Published on 01 June 2010
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$//" *
Created on 01 June 2010
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