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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Renaming of multiple filenames Post 76515 by locustfurnace on Tuesday 28th of June 2005 05:24:34 PM
Old 06-28-2005
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Originally Posted by shashi_kiran_v
file001 to flat1
file100 to flat100


Can also use the rename command.

rename "file00" "flat" *.*
rename "file" "flat" *.*
 

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explain_rename_or_die(3)				     Library Functions Manual					  explain_rename_or_die(3)

NAME
explain_rename_or_die - change the name of a file and report errors SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/rename.h> void explain_rename_or_die(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath); DESCRIPTION
The explain_rename_or_die function is used to call the rename(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from explain_rename(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example: explain_rename_or_die(oldpath, newpath); oldpath The oldpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call. newpath The newpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call. Returns: This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits. SEE ALSO
rename(2) change the name or location of a file explain_rename(3) explain rename(2) errors exit(2) terminate the calling process COPYRIGHT
libexplain version 0.52 Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller explain_rename_or_die(3)
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