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This sheet tells you all the funky stuff bash does for you!
Label: tricks
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Rename all files in directory from $file to $newfile
The what?
Dead simple.
How do I renamehello_kitty2.png hello_kitty3.png
to
byebye_kitty2.png byebye_kitty3.png
I think it’s simple, but it’s hard to Google for this kind of thing unless you already know.
The how…..!
You can do this with a simple one-liner with bash
for file in $(ls hello_ki*); do mv "$file" "${file/hello/byebye}"; done