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Linux rename file method: 1, use mv command, syntax "mv old file name new file name"; 2, use rename command, syntax "rename old file name new file name".

The operating environment of this tutorial: CentOS 6 system, Dell G3 computer.

To rename a file or directory under Linux, you can use the mv command or the rename command. Here we share how to use both.

1. Use the mv command

The mv command can either rename or move files or folders.

Mv old file / directory new file name / directory

Example: rename directory A to B

Mv A B

Example: move the / a directory to / b and rename it to c

Mv / a / b/c

In fact, to rename a file or directory in text mode, you only need to use the mv command, for example, to rename a file named abc to 1234:

Mv abc 1234

Note that if there is also a 1234 file in the current directory, this file will overwrite it.

2. Use the rename command

The rename command changes the file name in batches with string substitution.

Rename a list of files

# rename main1.c to main.crename main1.c main.c main1.c

Rename supports wildcards

? Can replace a single character * can replace multiple characters [charset] can replace any single character in the charset set

There are these files in the folder foo1, … , foo9, foo10, , foo278

If you use rename foo foo0 foo?, to rename a foo1-to-foo9 file to foo01 to foo09, the renamed file is just a file with a four-character name, and the foo in the file name is replaced with foo0.

If all files that use rename foo foo0 foo??,foo01 to foo99 are renamed to foo001 to foo099, only files with five character names are renamed, and the foo in the file name is replaced with foo0.

If all files that use rename foo foo0 foo*,foo001 to foo278 are renamed foo0001 to foo0278, all files that start with foo are renamed.

If you use rename foo0 foo foo0 [2] *, all files from foo0200 to foo0278 are renamed foo200 to foo278, and the foo0 in the file name is replaced with foo.

Rename supports regular expressions

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