Generate 5 files:
$ for i in {1..5}; do touch file_$i; done
$ ls
file_1 file_2 file_3 file_4 file_5
Rename all files starting with "file" by adding .old extension:
$ find . -name 'file*' -exec mv {} {}.old \;
$ ls
file_1.old file_2.old file_3.old file_4.old file_5.old