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minus-square@friend_of_satanlinkEnglish4•edit-24 months agoOr use rename $ touch foo{1..5}.txt $ rename -v 's/foo/bar/' foo* foo1.txt renamed as bar1.txt foo2.txt renamed as bar2.txt foo3.txt renamed as bar3.txt foo4.txt renamed as bar4.txt foo5.txt renamed as bar5.txt $ rename -v 's/\.txt/.text/' *.txt bar1.txt renamed as bar1.text bar2.txt renamed as bar2.text bar3.txt renamed as bar3.text bar4.txt renamed as bar4.text bar5.txt renamed as bar5.text $ rename -v 's/(.*).text/1234-$1.txt/' *.text bar1.text renamed as 1234-bar1.txt bar2.text renamed as 1234-bar2.txt bar3.text renamed as 1234-bar3.txt bar4.text renamed as 1234-bar4.txt bar5.text renamed as 1234-bar5.txt
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rename$ touch foo{1..5}.txt $ rename -v 's/foo/bar/' foo* foo1.txt renamed as bar1.txt foo2.txt renamed as bar2.txt foo3.txt renamed as bar3.txt foo4.txt renamed as bar4.txt foo5.txt renamed as bar5.txt $ rename -v 's/\.txt/.text/' *.txt bar1.txt renamed as bar1.text bar2.txt renamed as bar2.text bar3.txt renamed as bar3.text bar4.txt renamed as bar4.text bar5.txt renamed as bar5.text $ rename -v 's/(.*).text/1234-$1.txt/' *.text bar1.text renamed as 1234-bar1.txt bar2.text renamed as 1234-bar2.txt bar3.text renamed as 1234-bar3.txt bar4.text renamed as 1234-bar4.txt bar5.text renamed as 1234-bar5.txt