How To Install prename on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install prename in Fedora 36. prename is Perl script to rename multiple files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prename on Fedora 36.

What is prename

Prename renames the file names supplied according to the rule specified as the first argument. The argument is a Perl expression which is expected to modify the $_ string for at least some of the file names specified.

We can use yum or dnf to install prename on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install prename.

Install prename on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install prename using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install prename

Install prename on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install prename using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install prename

How To Uninstall prename on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the prename package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove prename

prename Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/prename
/usr/share/licenses/prename
/usr/share/licenses/prename/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/prename.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install prename on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).