Rename files and folders via command line - Linux
In Linux, there is no special command to rename files and folders. We want to use move command ( mv
) to rename files and folders.
If you have to rename one file in the working directory, we can simply use mv
command.
mv testfile testfile-2
Now the testfile
in the working directory will be renamed as testfile-2
.
If you have to rename files and folders in a different directory ( not in working directory ), we just want to keep the destination folder as same as source folder.
mv /home/user/Desktop/testfile /home/user/Desktop/testfile-2
In the above example, testfile
in the user Desktop folder will be renamed as testfile-2
.
There is no complexity at all. If we move a file to the same folder, it will be renamed. That’s all.
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