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6 Methods To Rename Multiple Files At Once In Linux

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Senthilkumar
Nov 29, 2018

As you may already know, we use mv command to rename or move files and directories in Unix-like operating systems. But, the mv command won’t support renaming multiple files at once. It can rename only one file at a time. Worry not. There are few other utilities available, especially for batch renaming files. In this tutorial, we are going to learn to rename multiple files at once in six different methods.
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