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NAME
rename - renames multiple files
SYNOPSIS
rename [ -h|-m|-V ] [ -v ] [ -n ] [ -f ]
[ -e|-E perlexpr]*|perlexpr [ files ]
DESCRIPTION
"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/' *
