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Rename many files at once

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Caution: This command changes the system. Understand what it does before you run it.

Adjust the values, the command updates live
user@server
rename -n 's/\.jpeg$/.jpg/' *.jpeg

Applies a Perl expression to every matching file name, here a trailing .jpeg becomes .jpg. -n only shows what would happen without changing anything. If the preview looks right, run the same command without -n.

Note: This is the Perl rename from the Debian package rename (apt install rename), not the util-linux program of the same name, which uses a different syntax.

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