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NAME
       rename - renames multiple files

SYNOPSIS
       rename [ -v ] [ -n ] [ -f ] perlexpr [ files ]

DESCRIPTION
       "rename" renames the filenames supplied according to the rule specified
       as the first argument.  The perlexpr argument is a Perl expression
       which is expected to modify the $_ string in Perl for at least some of
       the filenames specified.  If a given filename is not modified by the
       expression, it will not be renamed.  If no filenames are given on the
       command line, filenames will be read via standard input.

       For example, to rename all files matching "*.bak" to strip the exten
       sion, you might say

	       rename s/\.bak$// *.bak

       To translate uppercase names to lower, youd use

	       rename y/A-Z/a-z/ *

OPTIONS
       -v, --verbose
	       Verbose: print names of files successfully renamed.

       -n, --no-act
	       No Action: show what files would have been renamed.

       -f, --force
	       Force: overwrite existing files.

ENVIRONMENT
       No environment variables are used.

AUTHOR
       Larry Wall

SEE ALSO
       mv(1), perl(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
       If you give an invalid Perl expression youll get a syntax error.

BUGS
       The original "rename" did not check for the existence of target file
       names, so had to be used with care.  I hope Ive fixed that (Robin
       Barker).



perl v5.8.8			  2008-04-25			     RENAME(1)