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

given that no funny filenames (with space, quotes etc.) are around,
and that i'm not mistyping the following line:
ls *.jpg | sed 's@\(.*\)\.jpg$@mv & \1_thumb.jpg@' | sh