Rename multipile files in Unix

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Use rename command which is a quick and powerful tool written in C, featuring extended regular expression support for searching and substituting pattern strings in filenames. Rename can rename, convert to lowercase/uppercase, and change the ownership of a large number of files.

Rename all *.c file as *.cpp:

rename .c .cpp *.c

Rename command is included with all Linux distro, under UNIX / FreeBSD, use ports:

cd /usr/ports/sysutils/rename
make install clean

man rename




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