Renaming Multiple Files with zsh
Problem: Before further processing them you have to rename a bunch of files in the form of forename surname.png to surname_forename.png.
Solution: One fast way to solve this is to use the zmv function of your Z shell. The only prerequisite is to make sure zmv is loaded either by executing autoload zmv interactively or from within yout zsh configuration.
To rename the files use zmv '(*) (*).png' '$2_$1.png'.
A good starting point for learning more about the zmv function is the zshcontrib manpage.
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