rename a file

[alexa bolas]

Ok, I am spacing on how to rename a file. I am use to the rename command but does not work for me right now. Any suggestions?

[Robert Lyons]

Use the "move" command: mv filename1 filename2

to rename filename1

[katy elliott]

And it helped me to remember that the old filename goes away.
Here's an example:
I want to rename OldFile to OldFileNewName.
So I type mv OldFile OldFileNewName
then when you do an ls of the directory, 'OldFile' is gone, and 'OldFileNewName' has taken its place.

Probably redundant for you, but I thought I'd share....

Katy

[Nicholas Gardner]

I always get the cp and mv commands confused and end up wondering why the file I just moved is still where it was before . I'm sure I'll remember some day but you could always make an alias like:
alias copy="cp"
alias move ="mv"
but then again that's a whole two more letters to type .

[Jason Meyers]

i like that idea nicholas, and you would have to make that a static command by inputing it into your .bashrc file