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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Multiple File Rename based on pattern - one line Post 302814991 by Don Cragun on Thursday 30th of May 2013 06:41:49 PM
Old 05-30-2013
First, there is no utility named rename that is callable from the shell on most systems. If you're talking about the perl rename function, it would be a good idea to state that you're having a problem with perl rather than making us guess.

Assuming this is a statement in a perl script, I think you want to change:
Code:
rename 's/*XYZ*/*ABC*/' *.csv

to:
Code:
rename 's/_XYZ_/_ABC_/' *.csv

PS Note that rename does not copy files, it renames (or moves) them.

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RENAME(1)						 Perl Programmers Reference Guide						 RENAME(1)

NAME
rename - renames multiple files SYNOPSIS
rename [ -v ] [ -n ] [ -f ] perlexpr [ files ] DESCRIPTION
"rename" renames the filenames supplied according to the rule specified as the first argument. The perlexpr argument is a Perl expression which is expected to modify the $_ string in Perl for at least some of the filenames specified. If a given filename is not modified by the expression, it will not be renamed. If no filenames are given on the command line, filenames will be read via standard input. For example, to rename all files matching "*.bak" to strip the extension, you might say rename 's/.bak$//' *.bak To translate uppercase names to lower, you'd use rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' * OPTIONS
-v, --verbose Verbose: print names of files successfully renamed. -n, --no-act No Action: show what files would have been renamed. -f, --force Force: overwrite existing files. ENVIRONMENT
No environment variables are used. AUTHOR
Larry Wall SEE ALSO
mv(1), perl(1) DIAGNOSTICS
If you give an invalid Perl expression you'll get a syntax error. BUGS
The original "rename" did not check for the existence of target filenames, so had to be used with care. I hope I've fixed that (Robin Barker). perl v5.12.4 2011-08-10 RENAME(1)
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