On Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 09:28:05AM +1100, Duncan Roe wrote:
> Under Slackware:
>
> > 09:03:07$ file $(type -p rename)
> > /usr/bin/rename: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), 
> > dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, stripped

Dunno if slackware has it packaged, but the perl-based rename command is
available from https://metacpan.org/release/File-Rename

> Checked my Ubuntu VM (debian-based): no rename command.

On Ubuntu, "apt-get install rename".

Or, for very old versions of ubuntu (<= trusty 14.04):

    apt-get install libfile-rename-perl


For details, see  
https://askubuntu.com/questions/956010/whats-the-difference-between-the-different-rename-commands

craig

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