---
name: "wiki-toolkit-rename-node"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwiki-toolkit-perl"
version: "0.86-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wiki-toolkit-rename-node"
---

# wiki-toolkit-rename-node(1p)

Rename a node stored in a Wiki::Toolkit instance.

## NAME

wiki-toolkit-rename-node - Rename a node stored in a Wiki::Toolkit instance.

## SYNOPSIS

```
  # Rename a node in a Wiki::Toolkit instance, updating internal links
  #  and references if the formatter supports link re-writing.
  wiki-toolkit-rename-node --type postgres
           --name mywiki \
           --user wiki  \
           --pass wiki \
           --host 'db.example.com' \
           --port 1234
           --oldname MyOldNodeName \
           --nemname FancyNewNodeName
```

## DESCRIPTION

Takes four mandatory arguments:

- type

  The database type.  Should be one of 'postgres', 'mysql' and 'sqlite'.

- name

  The database name.

- oldname

  The name of the node to be renamed.

- newname

  The new name for the node.

four optional arguments:

- user

  The user that connects to the database. It must have permission to create and drop tables in the database.

- pass

  The user's database password.

- host

  The hostname of the machine the database server is running on (omit for local databases).

- port

  The port number that the database server is expecting connections to.

## AUTHOR

Nick Burch

## COPYRIGHT

```
     Copyright (C) 2006 Nick Burch.  All Rights Reserved.
```

This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO

Wiki::Toolkit