Re: Has rename syntax changed?

2020-03-04 Thread Hans-Bernhard Bröker
Am 04.03.2020 um 04:52 schrieb L A Walsh: On 2020/03/03 15:45, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote: Am 04.03.2020 um 00:25 schrieb L A Walsh: On 2020/02/28 04:38, Fergus Daly wrote: I am almost certain that the command $ rename "anything" "AnyThing" *.ext would alter the string from lc to uc as shown,

Re: Has rename syntax changed?

2020-03-03 Thread L A Walsh
On 2020/03/03 15:45, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote: Am 04.03.2020 um 00:25 schrieb L A Walsh: On 2020/02/28 04:38, Fergus Daly wrote: I am almost certain that the command $ rename "anything" "AnyThing" *.ext would alter the string from lc to uc as shown, anywhere it occurred in any filena

Re: Has rename syntax changed?

2020-03-03 Thread Hans-Bernhard Bröker
Am 04.03.2020 um 00:25 schrieb L A Walsh: On 2020/02/28 04:38, Fergus Daly wrote: I am almost certain that the command $ rename "anything" "AnyThing" *.ext would alter the string from lc to uc as shown, anywhere it occurred in any filename in *.ext in the current directory. isn't that they sam

Re: Has rename syntax changed?

2020-03-03 Thread L A Walsh
On 2020/02/28 04:38, Fergus Daly wrote: I am almost certain that the command $ rename "anything" "AnyThing" *.ext would alter the string from lc to uc as shown, anywhere it occurred in any filename in *.ext in the current directory. isn't that they same as "mv anything.xxx Anything.xxx" ?

Re: Has rename syntax changed?

2020-02-29 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2020-02-29 01:27, Fergus Daly wrote: >> $ rename "anything" "AnyThing" *.ext >> What I remember as past behaviour now fails, leaving he filename unaltered. > >>> Try it with the '-v' option > > So I did: > > $ touch "This is the test file" > $ ls -al > -rw-r--r-- 10 Feb 29 08:10 This is t

RE: Has rename syntax changed?

2020-02-29 Thread Fergus Daly
> $ rename "anything" "AnyThing" *.ext > What I remember as past behaviour now fails, leaving he filename unaltered. >> Try it with the '-v' option So I did: $ touch "This is the test file" $ ls -al -rw-r--r-- 10 Feb 29 08:10 This is the test file $ rename -v " the " " The " * `This is the t

Re: Has rename syntax changed?

2020-02-28 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2020-02-28 11:09, Lee wrote: > On 2/28/20, Fergus Daly wrote: >> I am almost certain that the command >> $ rename "anything" "AnyThing" *.ext >> would alter the string from lc to uc as shown, anywhere it occurred in any >> filename in *.ext in the current directory. >> What I remember as past be

Re: Has rename syntax changed?

2020-02-28 Thread Lee
On 2/28/20, Fergus Daly wrote: > I am almost certain that the command > $ rename "anything" "AnyThing" *.ext > would alter the string from lc to uc as shown, anywhere it occurred in any > filename in *.ext in the current directory. > What I remember as past behaviour now fails, leaving he filename