There are multiple files in a directory that begin with prefix fgh
, for example:
fghfilea
fghfileb
fghfilec
I want to rename all of them to begin with prefix jkl
. Is there a single command to do that instead of renaming each file individually?
There are several ways, but using rename
will probably be the easiest.
Using one version of rename
:
rename 's/^fgh/jkl/' fgh*
Using another version of rename
(same as Judy2K's answer):
rename fgh jkl fgh*
You should check your platform's man page to see which of the above applies.