src/rename/rename.1

   1 .\" Written by Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
   2 .\" Placed in the public domain
   3 .\"
   4 .TH RENAME 1 "1 January 2000" "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
   5 .SH NAME
   6 rename \- Rename files
   7 .SH SYNOPSIS
   8 .BI rename " from to file..."
   9 .SH DESCRIPTION
  10 .B rename
  11 will rename the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of
  12 .I from
  13 in their name by
  14 .IR to .
  15
  16 For example, given the files
  17 .IR foo1 ", ..., " foo9 ", " foo10 ", ..., " foo278 ,
  18 the commands
  19
  20 .RS
  21 .nf
  22 rename foo foo0 foo?
  23 rename foo foo0 foo??
  24 .fi
  25 .RE
  26
  27 will turn them into
  28 .IR foo001 ", ..., " foo009 ", " foo010 ", ..., " foo278 .
  29
  30 And
  31 .RS
  32 .nf
  33 rename .htm .html *.htm
  34 .fi
  35 .RE
  36
  37 will fix the extension of your html files.
  38
  39 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  40 .BR mv (1)