Is it possible to rename multiple files that share a similar name but are different types of files all at once?
Example:
apple.png
apple.pdf
apple.jpg
Can I substitute the apple for something else, for example "pear"? If this is possible, what would the command be? Many thanks for your time!
You can do this in bash natively by looping over the files beginning apple and renaming each one in turn using bash parameter expansion
$ for f in apple*; do mv "$f" "${f/apple/pear}"; done
The for f in apple* finds all files matching the wildcard. Each filename is then assigned to the variable f
For each assignment to f bash calls the command mv to move (rename) the file from it's existing name to one where apple is replaced by pear
You could also install rename using a package manager like Homebrew and call
rename -e 's/apple/pear/' apple*