From 8d60e297c1671158e605a16e7e7613425da6ee9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 04:23:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] shell: added renaming in bulk --- wiki/linux/shell.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/wiki/linux/shell.md b/wiki/linux/shell.md index 0b1a40a..4ac3628 100644 --- a/wiki/linux/shell.md +++ b/wiki/linux/shell.md @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Additionally `find` can be used to recursively substitute substrings in all file find folder -type f -exec rename 's/string1/string2/g' {} + ``` +For renaming many files in bulk the `qmv` to move or `qcp` or copy can be used. +Usually both of these commands are packaged withing the `renameutils` package. +For more information visit the [renameutils website](https://www.nongnu.org/renameutils/). + ### Expansion This section is based on the