Where art thou 'rename'

[Rashkae]

NoOp wrote:
> On 08/05/2008 09:20 AM, Rashkae wrote:
>> In the days of yore, I often used a neat little program called rename to
>>  do bulk file renames.
>>
>> I've just noticed in my Gutsy system that rename has since been replace
>> with a new perl program, which though more powerful, has dramatically
>> different syntax.
>>
>> Here's a man page I found of the rename I know and love:
>>
>> http://costard.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/man/man2html?rename+1
>>
>> anyone know where I can find this program?
>>
> 
> Looks like the Ubuntu version is actually 'prename':
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=338101
> 
> 

That forum did contain the answer to my question.  Classic rename is
part of util-linux, which seems to have been stripped out in Ubuntu
version :(.... (Why oh why?).. I'll do some testing to confirm this.

(Note, for the record, prename looks pretty cool.. I'm just old
fashioned and set in my ways)