mmv Command Examples
Move and rename files in bulk. More information: https://manned.org/mmv.1.
- Rename all files with a certain extension to a different extension:
mmv "*{{.old_extension}}" "#1{{.new_extension}}"
- Copy
report6part4.txt
to./french/rapport6partie4.txt
along with all similarly named files:
mmv -c "{{report*part*.txt}}" "{{./french/rapport#1partie#2.txt}}"
- Append all
.txt
files into one file:
mmv -a "{{*.txt}}" "{{all.txt}}"
- Convert dates in filenames from "M-D-Y" format to "D-M-Y" format:
mmv "{{[0-1][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].txt}}" "{{#3#4-#1#2-#5#6#7#8.txt}}"