In our example it was here in the current directory, but it could be anywhere on the system. The third parameter tells rename where the files live that we want to rename. Those are the first two parameters we give it, in our case wrapped in single quotes because we have a space character in our titles. All it needs to know is which string to replace with which other string. The command will rename anything that it encounters. Still I feel a little explanation is in order.įor the rename command to work, we don’t need to specify the full file name, nor that we want to rename a batch of files. Technically, this follows what the command showed us earlier: “rename from to files…”. Here’s how it works: rename 'Title' 'New Title' *.mp4 Now we’d like to rename those files so they read “New Title 101.mp4” to “New Title 110.mp4”.
Let’s create some empty files with those names in a test directory: mkdir test Imagine we had a batch of files, perhaps something like “Title 101.mp4” to “Title 110.mp4”.
While technically correct, what on earth does it mean? How do we use rename? If we just type “rename” at the command prompt, all we get is the message rename
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It shares many similarities with cp and mv, but its simplicity can be so staggering that its difficult to figure out how to use it. Bulk renaming files can be done with the rename command.
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