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Note that this is the Perl rename on Debian and derivatives (Ubuntu, Mint, …). On other Linux distributions, rename is a completely different file renaming tool (which Debian ships as rename.ul).

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

2014-03-26 20:33:53 +00:00
Commented Mar 26, 2014 at 20:33
If your distributive lack of such tool, look at @Michael Campbell answer. I think every distributive replace default rename like debian did.

Astery
– Astery

2015-09-18 10:08:41 +00:00
Commented Sep 18, 2015 at 10:08

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