Rename files in batch

📝 Bash

theresawilliams366 · Level 2 · 08/06/2026

This snippet renames multiple files at once using a bash loop with pattern matching.

Bash

for file in .txt; do if [[ -f "$file" ]]; then newname="${file%.txt}backup.txt" mv "$file" "$newname" fi
done

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