Rename multiple files with prefix or suffix in Linux console

rename_multiple_files.md

Add a suffix

for file in *; do mv "$file" "$(basename "$file")yourSuffix"; done;

Exmpale to add an underscore "_" at the end each text file:

for file in *.txt; do mv "$file" "$(basename "$file")_"; done;

Add a prefix

for file in *.txt; do mv "$file" "yourPrefix$file"; done;

Exmpale to add an underscore "_" in front of text each file name:

for file in *.txt; do mv "$file" "_$file"; done;

Make sure you run those commands in Bash shell.

Alternative: Add suffix with find command

find . -type f -exec bash -c 'mv $0 $0yourSuffix' {} \;

Exmpale to add an underscore "_" at the end each text file:

find . -type f -exec bash -c 'mv $0 $0_' {} \;

Alternative: Add prefix with find command

find . -type f -exec bash -c 'mv $0 yourPrefix$0' {} \;

Exmpale to add an underscore "_" in front of text each file name:

find . -type f -exec bash -c 'mv $0 _$0' {} \;

This will run in any shell and you can easily define the set of files that should be renamed by using the name or iname parameter for find.