rename.md

   1 ---
   2 title: rename
   3 category: CLI
   4 layout: 2017/sheet
   5 ---
   6
   7 ### Installation
   8
   9 ```bash
  10 brew install rename
  11 ```
  12
  13 See: <http://plasmasturm.org/code/rename/>
  14
  15 ### Regex substitution
  16
  17 ```bash
  18 rename 's/hello/world/' *.txt
  19 ```
  20
  21 Rename `hello.txt` to `world.txt` and so on in `*.txt`.
  22
  23 ### Replace extension
  24
  25 ```bash
  26 rename -s .png .jpg.png *.png
  27 ```
  28
  29 Replace `.png` with `.jpg.png` in `*.png`.
  30
  31 ### Options
  32
  33 | Option | Description               |
  34 | ---    | ---                       |
  35 | `-n`   | Simulation                |
  36 | `-l`   | Symlink instead of rename |
  37 | `-i`   | Interactive               |
  38
  39 ## Also see
  40
  41 - [Rename website](http://plasmasturm.org/code/rename/) _(plasmasturm.org)_