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Groff
41 lines
701 B
Groff
.\" Written by Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
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.\" Placed in the public domain
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.\"
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.TH RENAME 1 "1 January 2000" "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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rename \- Rename files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BI rename " from to file..."
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B rename
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will rename the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of
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.I from
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in their name by
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.IR to .
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For example, given the files
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.IR foo1 ", ..., " foo9 ", " foo10 ", ..., " foo278 ,
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the commands
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.RS
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.nf
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rename foo foo0 foo?
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rename foo foo0 foo??
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.fi
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.RE
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will turn them into
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.IR foo001 ", ..., " foo009 ", " foo010 ", ..., " foo278 .
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And
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.RS
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.nf
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rename .htm .html *.htm
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.fi
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.RE
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will fix the extension of your html files.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR mv (1)
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