how mass rename files with the following syntax

Question

I have about 130 images in the following syntax:

image100.jpeg
image101.jpeg
....
image1.jpeg
image20.jpeg
image21.jpeg
..
image2.jpeg

and so on. I want rename with the following syntax because I want conver them into pdf.

image001.jpeg
image002.jpeg
...
image020.jpeg
image021.jpeg
...
image100.jpeg

how could I do it in bash ?

Does this answer your question? [Renaming hundreds of files at once for proper sorting](https://askubuntu.com/questions/473236/renaming-hundreds-of-files-at-once-for-proper-sorting) — , Nov 29 '21 at 16:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 29 '21 at 16:21

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You want to use rename for this.

rename 's/\d+/sprintf("%03d",$&)/e' image*

answered Nov 29 '21 at 16:21

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