Remove string from filename on terminal

Open terminal on your folder and write the command:

for i in ./*STRING-TO-REMOVE*;do mv -- "$i" "${i//STRING-TO-REMOVE/}";done

Replace STRING-TO-REMOVE to your string!


example:

list of files inside folder

file1-demo.pdf
file2-demo.pdf
file3-demo.pdf
file4-demo.pdf
[...]

i need to remove string "-demo" from filename

execute on terminal:

for i in ./*-demo*;do mv -- "$i" "${i//-demo/}";done

result:
file1.pdf
file2.pdf
file3.pdf
file4.pdf
[...]