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Address the presence of multiple and different versions of the rename command as discussed in issue #3125. Changes made: - Moved common/rename.md to linux/prename.md, documenting the Debian Perl rename command (which is deprecated). - Created linux/file-rename.md for the Debian/Ubuntu `file-rename`. - Created linux/perl-rename.md with examples for Arch Linux `perl-rename`. - Created linux/rename.md for the `rename` command offered by the the `util-linux` package, the most common one and supported by the most platforms.
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# rename
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> Rename multiple files.
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> NOTE: this page refers to the command from the `perl-rename` Arch Linux package.
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- Rename files using a Perl Common Regular Expression (substitute 'foo' with 'bar' wherever found):
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`rename {{'s/foo/bar/'}} {{*}}`
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- Dry-run - display which renames would occur without performing them:
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`rename -n {{'s/foo/bar/'}} {{*}}`
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- Force renaming even if the operation would remove existing destination files:
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`rename -f {{'s/foo/bar/'}} {{*}}`
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- Convert filenames to lower case (use `-f` in case-insensitive filesystems to prevent "already exists" errors):
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`rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' {{*}}`
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- Replace whitespace with underscores:
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`rename 's/\s+/_/g' {{*}}`
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