pattern matching rename...

[Todd Zullinger]

bruce wrote:
> i have the following as a test...
> 
> abcCAT.py
> abcCAT.txt
> 
> i'd like to rename the files, so i get
> abcCAT_dog.py
> abcCAT_dog.txt
> 
> i've been trying to figure out how to achieve what i want using
> rename and pattern matching.. i'm missing something.. and it's
> simple!!
> 
> any thoughts/pointers?

$ rename . _dog. abcCAT.*
$ ls abcCAT*
abcCAT_dog.py  abcCAT_dog.txt

Beware that there are different programs named rename on different
distros.

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