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Rename all the files within a folder with prefix "Unix_"
Suppose a folder has two files
a.txt b.pdf then they both should be renamed from a single command to
Unix_a.txt Unix_b.pdf 
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You can press and hold the Ctrl key and then click each file to rename. Or you can choose the first file, press and hold the Shift key, and then click the last file to select a group.
Right-click on the first file in the folder, then click “Rename.” 3. Type the new name for the file, then press the Tab key on your keyboard. This will simultaneously save the file's new name, then select the following file so you can instantly start typing a new name for that as well.
If your filenames contain no whitepace and you don't have any subdirectories, you can use a simple for loop:
$ for FILENAME in *; do mv $FILENAME Unix_$FILENAME; done Otherwise use the convenient rename command (which is a perl script) - although it might not be available out of the box on every Unix (e.g. OS X doesn't come with rename).
A short overview at debian-administration.org:
If your filenames contain whitespace it's easier to use find, on Linux the following should work:
$ find . -type f -name '*' -printf "echo mv '%h/%f' '%h/Unix_%f\n'" | sh On BSD systems, there is no -printf option, unfortunately. But GNU findutils should be installable (on e.g. Mac OS X with brew install findutils).
$ gfind . -type f -name '*' -printf "mv \"%h/%f\" \"%h/Unix_%f\"\n" | sh If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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