rename v0.2.4

Rename files through a sed-replace expression

• Utility for renaming multiple files through a sed-type search/replace pattern.
• If no filenames are given, they will be read from stdin.
• Similar to Perl-rename package rename whose binary can be file-rename in newer distributions, as util-linux now has a rename binary (sometimes rename.ul) that is not as versatile.
• Commandline order compatible with Perl-rename (and options -f -n -v -h).
• After github.com/fbergen/rename (which swaps the expression and the files on the commandline).
• MIT License of github.com/fbergen/rename copyright 2019 Fredrik Bergenlid, relicenced under GPLv3+ copyright 2024 github.com/pepa65.

Usage

rename v0.2.4 - Rename files through a sed-replace expression
Usage:  rename [options] <sed-replace expression> [files...]
  Options:
    -c/--copy:         Copy instead of move.
    -f/--force:        Overwrite existing files.
    -i/--interactive:  Ask for confirmation before renaming each file.
    -n/--noaction:     No changes, just show what would have been done.
    -v/--verbose:      Show which files where renamed, if any.
    -h/--help:         Only show this help text.
  Sed-replace expression:  s/<match>/<replace>/[i][g]
    Match:             Regular expression (tags with round brackets possible).
    Replace:           Replacement, with $0: whole original and $1...: tag.
    i:                 Case insensitive match of regular expression.
    g:                 Global: keep looking for match after first match.
  Files:  If none given, read from stdin.

Examples

• Add .bak to all files: rename 's/$/.bak/'
• Add .txt to all .lst files and keep the originals: rename -c 's/$/.txt/' *.lst
• Remove the extension of all files in the dir directory: rename 's/\.[^.]*$//' dir/*
• Swap double extensions: rename 's/([^.]*)\.([^.]*)$/$2.$1/' *

Installation

Go

go install github.com/pepa65/rename@latest

Binary

wget 4e4.in/rename
chmod +x rename
sudo mv rename /usr/local/bin/
sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/rename