In order to rename a file using Mac Terminal make use of the mv (move) command.
Example: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,
- Open Mac Terminal,
- Move to the Desktop: cd ~/Desktop
- Now to rename the file run the mv command,
Syntax:mv current-file-name new-file-name
% mv myfile.txt myfile_2022.txt
- The file will be renamed with myfile_2022.txt
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Before renaming the file
![After renaming the file After renaming the file](https://code2care.org/howto/rename-file-mac-terminal/images/After renaming the file.jpg)
After renaming the file
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