Unfortunately, there are two incompatible rename programs in the wild. :( Debian ships this: https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/File-Rename/rename.PL https:

Unfortunately, there are two incompatible rename programs in the wild. :( Debian ships this: https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/File-Rename/rename.PL https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/File-Rename/rename.PL Most(?) other distros ship the one from util-linux: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/rename.1.html http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/rename.1.html