Tag: rename

Rename all files to lowercase names

There seems to be several solutions offered for renaming all files in a directory from mixed or upper case to all lowercase names. Of the solutions, one of the worked without issue. ls | while read upName; do loName=`echo “${upName}” | tr ‘[:upper:]’ ‘[:lower:]’`; mv “$upName” “$loName”; done Although this was found in an Ubuntu forum, it works flawlessly in…

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How to rename the host name of a Linux computer using a script

There was a CentOS server where the name needed to be changed. Searches through the Internet revealed a series of commands that would do the trick. This script incorporates these commands into a single utility or bash script. This may not be all inclusive, but it did work for me on a CentOS 5.8 server. To use this script, simply…

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