How to rename a bunch of files by mask?

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Freud's cat2019-05-04 20:14:35

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Freud's cat, 2019-05-04 20:14:35

There is a directory with over 9000 png images whose name matches the mask 'xxx-yyy-zzz.png'
You need to rename them so that the name matches the mask 'xxx.png'.
How to do it?

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Rsa97, 2019-05-04
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rename 's/(.*?)-.*\.png/$1.png/' *.png

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