regexp for rename command - please help!
The filename, that i want to rename: ---vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; commands, that doesn't work: $ rename 's/^---//g' * Unknown option: -vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] $ rename 's/.-/-/g' * Unknown option: -vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] $ rename 's/;$//g' * Unknown option: -vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] What is the regexp to get this filename?: vol-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3 Thank you:) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1266677069.6612.0.ca...@ubuntu
Re: regexp for rename command - please help!
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:44:29 +0100, Vadkan Jozsef wrote: The filename, that i want to rename: ---vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; (...) What is the regexp to get this filename?: vol-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3 After some attemps (:-P)... *** s...@stt008:~/Desktop$ rename -n s/---vol./vol/ $HOME/Desktop/---vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3 /home/sm01/Desktop/---vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3 renamed as /home/sm01/Desktop/vol-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3 *** Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.02.20.15.11...@gmail.com
Re: regexp for rename command - please help!
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:44:29 -0500 (EST), Vadkan Jozsef wrote: The filename, that i want to rename: ---vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; commands, that doesn't work: $ rename 's/^---//g' * Unknown option: -vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] $ rename 's/.-/-/g' * Unknown option: -vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] $ rename 's/;$//g' * Unknown option: -vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] What is the regexp to get this filename?: vol-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3 Thank you:) I guess I'm not really sure what you want, but if all you want to do is rename ---vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; to vol-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3 The command is mv -- ---vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3\; vol-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3 Two things are significant. First, the double hyphen (--) after mv tells mv that this is the end of the options list and anything after it that starts with a hyphen is to be interpreted as a command argument instead of a command option. Second, the backslash (\) in front of the semicolon (;) causes the semicolon to be interpreted by the shell as part of the filename and not as a command separator. Normally, the semicolon is used to separate multiple commands on a single line. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/500651757.13824951266679323475.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: regexp for rename command - please help!
The problem is not the syntax of rename but the name of the files beginning with '-'. So try something like $ rename 's/^---//g' ./* where the shell expands the filenames to ./---vol1 ./---vol2 Then the rename command doesn't interpret the filenames as switches. -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hlpb22$ki...@ger.gmane.org
Re: regexp for rename command - please help!
(Sorry, forgot to adapt the regular expression in my previous mail.) The problem is not the syntax of rename but the name of the files beginning with '-'. So try something like $ rename 's|^\./---||g' ./* where the shell expands the filenames to ./---vol1 ./---vol2 Then the rename command doesn't interpret the filenames as switches. -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hlpboh$ki...@ger.gmane.org
Re: regexp for rename command - please help!
Vadkan Jozsef wrote: The filename, that i want to rename: ---vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; commands, that doesn't work: $ rename 's/^---//g' * Unknown option: -vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] Use: rename 's/^---//g' -- * The -- is commonly used to let programs know that whatever follows should not be interpreted as an option (which is necessary because your file name begins with --) - Chris Burkhardt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hlpkgk$8l...@ger.gmane.org
