rename

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NAME
       rename - Rename files

SYNOPSIS
       rename from to file...

DESCRIPTION
       rename  will  rename  the specified files by replacing the first occur-
       rence of from in their name by to.

       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
       mv(1)



                                1 January 2000                       RENAME(1)