On my Ubuntu Linux boxes, rename seems to be part of Perl and it was 
written by Larry Wall, author of Perl.  Do you have Perl installed? 
Maybe if you install it, that will get you "rename".

Mike


On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, Jeremy MountainJohnson wrote:

> The rename command is part of core utils for most distros. What are you
> wanting rename on that doesn't have it?
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> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 4:59 AM, gregrwm <tclug1 at whitleymott.net> wrote:
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>> i want rename.  not mv (missing --no-copy).  anything handy?
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