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NAME
    rename - Rename files

SYNOPSIS
    rename from to file...

DESCRIPTION
    rename will rename the specified files by replacing the first occur-
    rence of from in their name by to.

    For example, given the files foo1, ..., foo9, foo10, ..., foo278, the
    commands

    rename foo foo0 foo?
    rename foo foo0 foo??

    will turn them into foo001, ..., foo009, foo010, ..., foo278.

    And
    rename .htm .html *.htm

    will fix the extension of your html files.

SEE ALSO
   mv(1)