{"id":4819,"date":"2023-02-11T13:09:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T07:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=4819"},"modified":"2023-02-11T13:09:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T07:39:42","slug":"linux-rename-file-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/linux-rename-file-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Rename File Command"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <code>mv<\/code> command is used to rename files in Linux. The basic syntax is:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-css\">mv <span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">[existing_file_name]<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">[new_file_name]<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For example, to rename the file <code>oldfile.txt<\/code> to <code>newfile.txt<\/code>, you would run the following command:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">mv<\/span> oldfile.txt newfile.txt<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note that the <code>mv<\/code> command can also be used to move files from one directory to another. In this case, you would specify the full path to both the existing file and the destination directory, like this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">mv<\/span> \/path\/to\/existing_file \/path\/to\/destination_directory\/new_file_name<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you need to rename multiple files at once, you can use wildcard characters such as <code>*<\/code> and <code>?<\/code> in the existing file names. 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