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Bulk Rename in osx terminal
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osx-terminal-rename.sh
# General format:
brew install rename
# General format:
rename -v s/OLD/NEW/ FILENAMES
# Where:
# - OLD is a regular expression
# - NEW is the replacement pattern
# - FILENAMES is a list of files to search/replace
# For example, to change all .JPG file extensions to .jpg.
rename -v s/\.JPG$/.jpg/ *
# To test it without actually renaming any files, use the -n flag:
rename -n s/\.JPG$/.jpg/ *
rename -nvs searchword replaceword *
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