How to rename with prefix/suffix?
You could use the rename(1) command:
rename 's/(.*)$/new.$1/' original.filenameEdit: If rename isn't available and you have to rename more than one file, shell scripting can really be short and simple for this. For example, to rename all *.jpg to prefix_*.jpg in the current directory:
for filename in *.jpg; do mv "$filename" "prefix_$filename"; done;
In Bash and zsh you can do this with Brace Expansion. This simply expands a list of items in braces. For example:
# echo {vanilla,chocolate,strawberry}-ice-creamvanilla-ice-cream chocolate-ice-cream strawberry-ice-creamSo you can do your rename as follows:
mv {,new.}original.filenameas this expands to:
mv original.filename new.original.filename