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rename-file means changing name of a file

renaming a file means changing name of a file. Almost all operating systems allow to change the name of a file after it has been created with some other name. Usually a platform provides a GUI and a CLI interface to allow users to rename a file, as well as API interfaces to rename a file programmatically.

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Changing capitalization of filenames in Git

I am trying to rename a file to have different capitalization from what it had before: git mv src/collision/b2AABB.js src/collision/B2AABB.js fatal: destination exists, source=src/collision/b2AABB.js, destination=src/collision/B2AABB.js As you can…
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How do I rename the extension for a bunch of files?

In a directory, I have a bunch of *.html files. I'd like to rename them all to *.txt How can I do that? I use the bash shell.
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How to rename a file using Python

I want to change a.txt to b.kml.
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Rename multiple files in a directory in Python

I'm trying to rename some files in a directory using Python. Say I have a file called CHEESE_CHEESE_TYPE.*** and want to remove CHEESE_ so my resulting filename would be CHEESE_TYPE I'm trying to use the os.path.split but it's not working properly.…
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Rename a file using Java

Can we rename a file say test.txt to test1.txt ? If test1.txt exists will it rename ? How do I rename it to the already existing test1.txt file so the new contents of test.txt are added to it for later use?
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How to do a git diff on moved/renamed file?

I moved a file using git mv. Now I would like to do a diff on the new file to compare it with the old file (with the old, now non-existent name). How do I do this?
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How to Batch Rename Files in a macOS Terminal?

I have a folder with a series of files named: prefix_1234_567.png prefix_abcd_efg.png I'd like to batch remove one underscore and the middle content so the output would be: prefix_567.png prefix_efg.png Relevant but not completely…
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Batch renaming files with Bash

How can Bash rename a series of packages to remove their version numbers? I've been toying around with both expr and %%, to no avail. Examples: Xft2-2.1.13.pkg becomes Xft2.pkg jasper-1.900.1.pkg becomes jasper.pkg xorg-libXrandr-1.2.3.pkg becomes…
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Using sed to mass rename files

Objective Change these filenames: F00001-0708-RG-biasliuyda F00001-0708-CS-akgdlaul F00001-0708-VF-hioulgigl to these filenames: F0001-0708-RG-biasliuyda F0001-0708-CS-akgdlaul F0001-0708-VF-hioulgigl Shell Code To test: ls F00001-0708-*|sed…
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How to rename the downloaded file with wget?

To download the SOFA Statistics from the server I use the wget command: wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/sofastatistics/files/latest/download?source=dlp The filename of downloaded file in this case is download?source=files. If I add the…
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How to rename uploaded file before saving it into a directory?

Below is the code I used in order to upload files into a directory. It works fine. My main question is: move_uploaded_file() is the one that saves the uploaded file into the directory, and it is also my guess that move_uploaded_file() is the one…
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Rename multiple files, but only rename part of the filename in Bash

I know how I can rename files and such, but I'm having trouble with this. I only need to rename test-this in a for loop. test-this.ext test-this.volume001+02.ext test-this.volume002+04.ext test-this.volume003+08.ext test-this.volume004+16.ext…
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How can I batch rename files using the Terminal?

I have a set of files, all of them nnn.MP4.mov. How could I rename them so that it is just nnn.mov?
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How do I rename files using R?

I have over 700 files in one folder named as: files from number 1 to number9 are named for the first month: water_200101_01.img water_200101_09.img files from number 10 to number30 are named: water_200101_10.img water_200101_30.img And so on…
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Enforce unique upload file names using django?

What's the best way to rename photos with a unique filename on the server as they are uploaded, using django? I want to make sure each name is used only once. Are there any pinax apps that can do this, perhaps with GUID?
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