renaming files

[silver.bullet at zoho.com]

On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:23:37 +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
>On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 09:58:02PM +0200, silver.bullet at zoho.com wrote:
>> Another useful command could be
>> 
>> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ man rename | grep EXAMPLES -A10
>
>It is worth noting that Ubuntu ships a different version of rename from
>that shipped by Arch.  It's still definitely a useful programmable tool
>for this kind of job, but in this case it's more important than usual
>to consult Ubuntu's documentation when advising Ubuntu users.

My apologies, I just checked that both renames are from util-linux.

However, my example using bash, ls, for, sed and mv to rename, provides
exactly what the OP is asking for and should work on both distros.