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A collection of methods to rename files in terminal
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rename-files.sh
#
# Rename multiple files and replace name with number and prefix
# %02 › digits of numbers (increase when lots of files)
#
# counter=1
# for i in *.*
# do new=$(printf "%02d.jpg" "$counter")
# mv -- "$i" "screenshot-realaudio-$new"
# let counter=counter+1
# done
counter=1;for i in *.*; do new=$(printf "%02d.jpg" "$counter"); mv -- "$i" "screenshot-$new"; let counter=counter+1;done;
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