Rename multiple files at once

[Jim Richardson]

On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 13:13 -0600, Wade Smart wrote:
> 12022005 1312 GMT-5
> 
> I have a odd situation where I have to rename 130 picture files from a 
> random number to 1.jpg, 2.jpg, etc. Is there anyway to automate that?
> Quickly!
> 
> Wade
> 

I use rename, which comes with perl, there's also a package called
mrename, but I don't know much about it. 

rename is simple, and uses pcre of course. There's also krename with
KDE, again, I haven't used it. 

-- 
Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
"It says he made us all to be just like him. So if we're dumb, then god
is dumb, and maybe even a little ugly on the side." -- Frank Zappa
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