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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 occur-
       rence of expression in their name by replacement.
OPTIONS
       -s, --symlink
              Do not rename a symlink but its target.
       -v, --verbose
              Show which files were renamed, if any.
       -n, --no-act
              Do not make any changes.
       -o, --no-overwrite
              Do not overwrite existing files.  When --symlink is  active,  do
              not overwrite symlinks pointing to existing targets.
       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.
       -h, --help
              Display help text and exit.
EXAMPLES
       Given the files foo1, ..., foo9, foo10, ..., foo278, the commands
              rename foo foo00 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.  Provide an empty string for
       shortening:
              rename '_with_long_name' '' file_with_long_name.*
       will remove the substring in the filenames.
WARNING
       The renaming has no safeguards except the --no-act option.  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.
EXIT STATUS
              0      all requested rename operations were successful
              1      all rename operations failed
              2      some rename operations failed
              4      nothing was renamed
              64     unanticipated error occurred
SEE ALSO
       mv(1)
AVAILABILITY
       The  rename  command is part of the util-linux package and is available
       from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
util-linux                         June 2011                         RENAME(1)