renaming a file command in linux code example
Example 1: rename a file in linux
mv oldfile.txt newfile.txt
Example 2: 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