RENAME command

Changes the name of a file.

Usage

rename <SRC> <TARGET> [options]

Arguments

• <SRC>
  The source file to rename.

• <TARGET>
  The target name to rename to.

Options

Note

The annotations 🪟 and 🐧 indicate that an option is only available on either Windows or Linux, respectively.

• /U (--preserve-undo, -u) 🪟
  Preserve undo information, if possible.

• /O (--files-only, -o) 🪟
  Perform the operation only on files (not on folders) if a wildcard file name (*) is specified.

• /R (--recursive, -r) 🪟
  Recursively operate into subdirectories.

• /E (--rename-on-collision, -e) 🪟
  Give the file being operated on a new name in a rename operation if a file with the target name already exists at the destination.

• -v (--overwrite, /V) 🐧
  Overwrite the file if it already exists at the destination.

• /? (/h, -h, --help)
  Show help and usage information.

Aliases

ren, rn