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Ren
The term Ren has several meanings:
- Ren (Ren Hoek) is a character on the cartoon Ren and Stimpy.
- Ren, son of Primus, is the main protagonist on the animated series The Pirates of Dark Water.
- In computing, ren is a command used to rename files under MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, among others. Proper syntax is generally:
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- ren oldname newname
- In UNIX-like systems, such as Linux and BSD, the mv command is used instead. There is also a move command in DOS and Windows. ren cannot be used to move files between directories, but move can be used to rename them.
- For the Confucian concept Ren (仁), see Confucianism.
- REN can also be an initialism or acronym.
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