Traditional ways of bulk operation for copy, move/rename, etc:

• shell loops
• find  [args+options]  -exec {} \;          // |xargs
• specialized programs (GNU rename,   rename.pl)
• (general tips: Unix Guru Universe www.ugu.com/ 'Tip of the day')

Alternative, more general approach

• Why not having *one* tool that generates destination file names.
• Then let all the common programs use it !
• Use the familiar wildcard pattern in destination pattern.
•    ==>  wc2fn  (wildcards-to-filenames)

General Syntax:
wc2fn  'command $1 $2'  'pattern1'  'pattern2'

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