xfree86 man page for rename

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RENAME(1)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 RENAME(1)

NAME
rename - Rename files
SYNOPSIS
rename from to file... rename -V
DESCRIPTION
rename will rename the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of from in their name by to. -V, --version Display version information and exit. For example, given the files foo1, ..., foo9, foo10, ..., foo278, the commands rename foo foo0 foo? rename foo foo0 foo?? will turn them into foo001, ..., foo009, foo010, ..., foo278. And rename .htm .html *.htm will fix the extension of your html files.
SEE ALSO
mmv(1), mv(1)
AVAILABILITY
The rename command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. 1 January 2000 RENAME(1)
Related Man Pages
gvfs-rename(1) - opensolaris
rename(2) - bsd
explain_rename_or_die(3) - debian
rename(2) - minix
rename(3) - php
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