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Batch Rename Suffixes or Prefixes Terminal

Someone on a forum I regular asked how to batch rename suffixes within the terminal.

So The filenames;
filename.rar
filename2.rar
filename3.rar

Could have a suffix added like this;
filename_[sitename].rar
filename2_[sitename].rar
filename3_[sitename].rar

Suffix

for i in *.rar; do mv “$i” “`basename $i .rar`_[sitename].rar”; done

Prefix

find *.rar -exec mv {} [sitename]_{} \;

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