rename the file in linux code example

Example 1: rename a file in linux

mv oldfile.txt newfile.txt

Example 2: unix rename file

mv thirdfile file3

Example 3: rename file linux

mv (option) filename1.ext filename2.ext

Example 4: how to rename a file in linux

To use mv to rename a file type mv , a space, the name of the file, a space, and the new name you wish the file to have.
Then press Enter. You can use ls to check the file has been renamed
eg. mv demo.py demo1.py

Example 5: linux find and rename files with text

find . -type f -name 'Lucky-*' | while read FILE ; do
    newfile="$(echo ${FILE} |sed -e 's/\\#U00a9/safe/')" ;
    mv "${FILE}" "${newfile}" ;
done