This article spotlights alternative tools to rename, software that renames the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of expression in their name by replacement.
The rename command is part of the util-linux package.
| Alternatives to rename | |
|---|---|
| RnR | Securely rename multiple files and directories |
| renameutils | Set of programs designed to make renaming files faster and less cumbersome |
| rename.pl | Rename files using Perl expressions |
| rename | Rename multiple files |
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
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All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // find // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // strings // sudo // sysctl // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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