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NAME
       rename - renames multiple files

SYNOPSIS
       rename [ -v ] 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 extension, you might say

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

       To translate uppercase names to lower, you'd use

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


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

ENVIRONMENT
       No environment variables are used.

AUTHOR
       Larry Wall

SEE ALSO
       mv(v), perl(l)

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

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















22/Sep/1999            perl 5.005, patch 03            RENAME(E)