How To Install prename on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prename on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install prename.
Install prename on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install prename using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install prename
Install prename on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install prename using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install prename
How To Uninstall prename on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the prename package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove prename
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prename on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
