How to Rename a file using Mac Terminal

In order to rename a file using Mac Terminal make use of the mv (move) command.

Suppose I have a file name myfile.txt on the Mac Desktop and I want to rename it to myfile_2020.txt then below are the steps,

1. Open Mac Terminal,
2. Move to the Desktop: cd ~/Desktop
3. Now to rename the file run the mv command,
   
   Syntax:

   mv current-file-name new-file-name

   % mv myfile.txt myfile_2022.txt

4. The file will be renamed with myfile_2022.txt

Before renaming the file

After renaming the file