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Ruby program to rename a specified file by another name

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will rename a specified file by another name using the File.rename() method and print the appropriate message.

Program/Source Code

The source code to rename a specified file by another name is given below. The given program is compiled and executed on Windows 10 Operating System successfully.

# Ruby program to rename a specified file 
# by another name

result = File.rename("MyFile.txt", "NewFile.txt");

if (result == 0)
	print ("File renamed successfully\n");
else
	print ("File rename failed\n");
end

Output

File renamed successfully

Explanation

In the above program, we renamed "MyFile.txt" file by "NewFile.txt" name using File.rename(). The File.rename() method returns 0 when file renamed successfully. Then we printed the appropriate message.

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