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Created February 8, 2017 10:15
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Unix CLI batch rename files
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batchrename.sh
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3211595/renaming-files-in-a-folder-to-sequential-numbers/34153342#34153342
ls | cat -n | while read n f; do mv "$f" "$n.extension"; done
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Credits for the stackoverflow user, I have the gist just to get the cli command faster.

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