rename multiple files

July 30, 2018

2018   ·   rename     ·   bash   linux   shell-programming  

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rename command

    rename searchWord replaceWord  <InputFile>

rename files using move command in for loop

    for file in File*.dat
    do
        mv -i "${file}" "${file/SearchWord/ReplacementWord}"
        # Here -i option will ask everytime for replacing name.
    done


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