{"id":10046,"date":"2024-03-14T10:29:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-file-names-be-bulk-modified-in-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T18:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:30:50","slug":"how-can-file-names-be-bulk-modified-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-file-names-be-bulk-modified-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulk Rename Files in Linux: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Linux, you can batch modify file names using the following methods:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>move<\/li>\n<li>Can you move this?<\/li>\n<li>Could you please send me that document as a .txt file?<\/li>\n<li>.bak file extension<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>$ <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> file <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> *.txt; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">do<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">mv<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"<span class=\"hljs-variable\">$file<\/span>\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"<span class=\"hljs-variable\">${file%.txt}<\/span>.bak\"<\/span>; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">done<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>change the name of<\/li>\n<li>change the name<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>$ rename <span class=\"hljs-string\">'s\/ \/_\/g'<\/span> *\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>sed is a command-line text editor used to perform various tasks such as finding and replacing text, inserting text, deleting lines, and more.<\/li>\n<li>transform<\/li>\n<li>Please provide the document in a .txt format.<\/li>\n<li>elderly<\/li>\n<li>fresh<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>$ <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> file <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> *.txt; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">do<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">mv<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"<span class=\"hljs-variable\">$file<\/span>\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"<span class=\"hljs-subst\">$(echo $file | sed 's\/old\/new\/')<\/span>\"<\/span>; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">done<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>These methods can assist you in bulk modifying file names. 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