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how to rename muliple files

Hello Friends,
I have used rename command many times with Fedora Core but, the same is not working with Ubuntu 5.10. suppose, if I wish to change all files with "dll" extension to "mp3", I could use

Code:

rename .dll .mp3 *.dll

But, this doesn't work with Ubuntu.

Code:

root@Manish:/var/www/fc# rename .dll .mp3 *.dll

syntax error at (eval 1) line 1, near "."

root@Manish:/var/www/fc#

Code:

root@Manish:/var/www/fc# rename dll mp3 *.dll

Bareword "dll" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at (eval 1) line 1.

root@Manish:/var/www/fc#

So, how do I rename my files now?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linux.tar.gz

Try krename:
http://www.krename.net/

Thanks. krename is good.

in ubuntu, rename is a perl script called prename. get the real rename.

So, how to get the orginal rename command?

it's part of util-linux. maybe compile the package, then just copy rename into /usr/bin

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/

Quote:

Originally Posted by whansard

it's part of util-linux. maybe compile the package, then just copy rename into /usr/bin

Oh thanks :)