https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/rename/Recent content in Rename on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/batch_renaming_files_on_the_command_line/Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/batch_renaming_files_on_the_command_line/<p>The default command line application for batch renaming files in Ubuntu 16.04 is called &ldquo;rename&rdquo;:<code>rename 's/tk98i_/wt_tk98_/' *.tif</code>It uses Perl regular expressions with and the s/old/new/ syntax. The example above renames all files with the .tif extensions and replaces the <strong>th98i_</strong> expression with <strong>wt_tk98_</strong>.Here are some more examples: <a href="http://tips.webdesign10.com/how-to-bulk-rename-files-in-linux-in-the-terminal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">http://tips.webdesign10.com/how-to-bulk-rename-files-in-linux-in-the-terminal&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> </p>