Removing part of filename with bash

Question

Why this script does not work?

for filename in bre*; do 
    rename 's/bre//'; 
done

I have files starting with bre in the directory and I would like to delete this part from filenames. It is running and nothing will happen and it is not finished. Thank you

user_1491895 · Answer

You didn't tell rename what files it should rename.

You don't need the loop, since you can use a wildcard for the filename arguments to rename

rename 's/bre//' bre*

Removing part of filename with bash

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