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User Commands  - rename- (1)

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NAME

rename-(1f) - [FUNIX:FILESYSTEM] rename files by replacing first occurrence of a string in a filename with new string (LICENSE:PD)

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Examples
Options
Author
License

SYNOPSIS

rename- old new file... [ -verbose][ -dryrun]|[ -help|-version]

DESCRIPTION

rename-(1f) will rename the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of expression in their name by replacement.

EXAMPLES

Given the files foo1, ..., foo9, foo10, ..., foo278, the commands

      rename- foo foo0 foo?
      rename- foo foo0 foo??

will turn them into foo001, ..., foo009, foo010, ..., foo278. And

      rename- .htm .html *.htm

will fix the extension of *.htm files.

OPTIONS

old	represents a string to change in filenames
new	the replacement string for EXPRESSION.
-verbose
	Print information about what the program does.
--help	Display a help message and exit.
--version
	Display version information and exit.
--dryrun
	Does all file operations except for moving the changed file back to the original. Implies --version.

AUTHOR

John S. Urban

LICENSE

Public Domain

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Nemo Release 3.1

rename- (1)

February 23, 2025

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