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rename-files.sh
find * | xargs rename -n 's/part-of-filename-to-replace/replacement/' # -n for dry run
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dylan-chong commented Apr 25, 2018 •
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NOTE: This breaks if there are special characters (eg spaces, quotes) in the filenames

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dylan-chong commented Aug 14, 2019 •
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I have found a better way:

Using Vim, look at the instructions for :h rename-files

This is much better because you can confirm the results of the rename manually, and even remove/add files from the list

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