>> I might be wrong but: >> The Cygwin implementation of rename seems completely different from "the" >> (my) Linux version. >> (Almost unique? Otherwise the matching in Cygwin of all syntax - >> vocab, switches, outcomes - to Linux, seems almost perfect.) >> Can I rename a set of files *.d (say) as filename.d -> XXfilename.d? >> In Linux this would be achieved by >> $ rename 's/^/XX/g' ./*.d >> whereas in Cygwin >> $ rename ^ XX *.d >> (and all similar attempts) fails. >> Thank you.
> You're confusing perl-rename with util-linu rename. > The former, which seems to be what you want, can be installed using cpan > (install File::Rename), > assuming you have perl installed. > It will put its rename command in /usr/local/bin, presumably taking > precedence over the util-linux one in /usr/bin. > It further seems that "normally" these two have different names, like > rename.ul and prename, > and /etc/alternatives is used to set up the rename command. > This required some web searching to determine ... > Cheers - Eliot Perfect. Worked like a dream. All in place, and naming managed. Thanks so much. Fergus -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
