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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [Solved] Renaming Multiple Files in Unix Post 302651189 by itkamaraj on Tuesday 5th of June 2012 06:33:07 AM
Old 06-05-2012
try this

Code:
 
for i in FILE*; do mv $i ${i/FILE1/FILE2}; done

 

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