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I don't thing there's a GNU rename. There's one from util-linux, and one from perl with different syntax. The one you're refering to looks like the one from util-linux that is sometimes called rename.ul so as not to be confused with the rename from perl, while on some other systems, rename is the one from util-linux and the one from perl is called prename.

Stéphane Chazelas
– Stéphane Chazelas

2013-10-29 15:36:02 +00:00
Commented Oct 29, 2013 at 15:36
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Mine is the one from util-linux. I mistakenly thought it was part of GNU coreutils.

wingedsubmariner
– wingedsubmariner

2013-10-29 15:40:12 +00:00
Commented Oct 29, 2013 at 15:40
The default Debian version of rename would be something like this rename 's/PMC// *.txt and rename s/\.pdf// *.txt

William Everett
– William Everett

2013-10-29 16:05:19 +00:00
Commented Oct 29, 2013 at 16:05

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