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By Abhishek Ghosh December 22, 2013 9:40 pm Updated on December 22, 2013

Renaming Many Files in Mac OS X and Batch Processing

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Renaming many files in Mac OS X and batch processing is possible to do in OS X too in various ways just like we do for Linux. In case of Linux, we rename via a rename command, equivalent is there for OS X plus you can use Automator Automation.

 

Renaming Many Files in Mac OS X With GUI Tool

 

Name Mangler helps for renaming many Files in Mac OS X with a GUI. But this is a paid software.

 

Renaming Many Files in Mac OS X With CLI Tools

 

There are lot of options for renaming many files in Mac OS X from Command Line Interface.

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Method 1

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for i in *.yourfiles; do mv "$i" "`echo $i | sed 's/old/new/g'`"; done
# this is not command but next line as alternate
rename 's/old/new/' *.files

Method 2 – Scripting

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#!/usr/bin/env zsh
SUBSEXPR=$1
shift
for i in $@; do mv $i `echo "$i" | sed $SUBSEXPR`; done

Method 3 – HomeBrew
Install rename with the exact usages like Linux if you are using HomeBrew Package Manager :

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brew install rename

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Method 4 – MacPorts
Install renameutils with almost the same usages like Linux if you are using MacPorts Package Manager :

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brew install rename

Method 5 – ZSH
Switch to ZSH by typing zsh if your shell is different. You can use zmv :

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autoload zmv
zmv '(*).htm' '$1.html'

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Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "Renaming Many Files in Mac OS X and Batch Processing," in The Customize Windows, December 22, 2013, February 6, 2023, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2013/12/renaming-many-files-in-mac-os-x-and-batch-processing/.

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