How To Install prename on Fedora 34

prename is Perl script to rename multiple files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prename on Fedora 34.

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 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install prename.

Install prename on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install prename

Install prename on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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 34

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

sudo dnf remove prename

prename Package Contents on Fedora 34

/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 34 using yum and dnf.