NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       rename - renames multiple files

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       rename [ -v ] perlexpr [ files ]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       "rename" renames the filenames supplied according to the rule specified
       as the first argument.  The perlexpr argument is a Perl expression
       which is expected to modify the $_ string in Perl for at least some of
       the filenames specified.  If a given filename is not modified by the
       expression, it will not be renamed.  If no filenames are given on the
       command line, filenames will be read via standard input.

       For example, to rename all files matching "*.bak" to strip the extension,
 you might say

	       rename 's/\e.bak$//' *.bak

       To translate uppercase names to lower, you'd use

	       rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       -v      Verbose: print names of files successfully renamed.

ENVIRONMENT    [Toc]    [Back]

       No environment variables are used.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Larry Wall

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       mv(1), perl(1)

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

       If you give an invalid Perl expression you'll get a syntax error.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       The original "rename" did not check for the existence of target filenames,
 so had to be used with care.  I hope I've fixed that (Robin
       Barker).



3rd Berkeley Distribution	  2004-12-24			     RENAME(1)