mattias@waderbook:~/test$ rm -rf * mattias@waderbook:~/test$ mkdir A B mattias@waderbook:~/test$ touch "A/FooBar - Title" "B/FooBar - Title" mattias@waderbook:~/test$ find . . ./A ./A/FooBar - Title ./B ./B/FooBar - Title mattias@waderbook:~/test$ find . -exec rename 's/^.* - //' {} + './B/FooBar - Title' not renamed: 'Title' already exists mattias@waderbook:~/test$ find . . ./A ./B ./B/FooBar - Title ./Title mattias@waderbook:~/test$