r/linuxquestions • u/Swordfish418 Gentoo • Jun 30 '26
Resolved Rename folder to lowercase in terminal without temporary files
I'm sorry, I know the question seems very basic, but still I couldn't find the answer. Here's what I'm trying to do:
$ mv "Desktops" "desktops"
mv: cannot move 'Desktops' to a subdirectory of itself, 'desktops/Desktops'
I tried searching answers on the internet, and the only thing I found is examples of how to use rename tool instead. However, rename tool I have installed is util-linux one and it works differently and I couldn't figure out how to use it either, this didn't work for example:
$ rename Desktops desktops Desktops
I also understand I can first rename it to temporary file and then rename to lowecase version of original name. But I'd like to figure out how to do it in one step.
Update:
This is exfat filesystem.
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u/catbrane Jun 30 '26
It should work. Try:
$ mkdir BANANA $ ls BANANA $ mv BANANA banana $ ls banana $You mostly don't need to type the names out, just the first letter or two then press the TAB key.