Re: Rename multiple files at once

On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:37:07PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote:
> How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of
> files like:
> file.jpg
> file1.jpg
> file_2.jpg
> to:
> file_thumb.jpg
> file1_thumb.jpg
> file_2_thumb.jpg

Using bash, you can do something like that:

for file in file.jpg file1.jpg file_2.jpg; do
  mv $file ${file/.jpg/_thumb.jpg}
done

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