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    Thanks. While the highest voted answer (rename 's/#/somethingelse/' *) didn't work on my machine (Arch Linux), this one did. Commented Apr 21, 2017 at 8:13
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    This works using the rename command from util-linux. Commented May 17, 2019 at 4:14
  • Any reason why neither of these work in Arch Linux in Dec 2022? Commented Dec 27, 2022 at 9:53
  • @lockheed, what is the error? do you have the rename executable at all? Commented Dec 30, 2022 at 13:37
  • No error. The command runs without any effect or output. Commented Jan 26, 2023 at 18:32