RENAME Commands Cheat Sheet

Here is a cli commands cheat sheet for RENAME command, you can use this as a quick reminder for basic commands with a brief description for each of the commands.

What is RENAME command?

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        # To lowercase all files and folders in current directory:
rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *

# To replace 'sometext' with 'replacedby' in all files in current directory:
rename 's/sometext/replacedby/' *
    

Check out the RENAME command documentation .

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