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mv oldfile.txt newfile.txt

Source : https://www.howtogeek.com/423214/how-to-use-the-rename-command-on-linux/ | Last Update : Tue, 06 Oct 20

Answered by : lesego

mv "old location" "new location"
mv /home/user/my_static /home/user/static
mv "file1.ext" "file2.ext"

Source : https://askubuntu.com/questions/280768/how-to-rename-a-file-in-terminal | Last Update : Wed, 05 Aug 20

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rename 's/.prog/.prg/' *.prog

Source : https://www.howtogeek.com/423214/how-to-use-the-rename-command-on-linux/ | Last Update : Tue, 06 Oct 20

Answered by : arfaoui-mehdi

$ mv example.txt file.txt

Source : https://opensource.com/article/21/8/rename-file-linux-terminal | Last Update : Thu, 14 Jul 22

Answered by : jaimx

for file in *.cpp	#Will change every cpp file
do
mv $file $(echo $file | sed 's/Exercise/Ej/')	#named "Exercise" will be "Ej" now
done

Source : | Last Update : Sun, 24 Jul 22