From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gary Wessle Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: zip dired rename Date: 20 Jul 2006 11:34:59 +1000 Organization: iPrimus Customer - reports relating to abuse should be sent to abuse@iprimus.com.au Message-ID: <87fygxgit8.fsf@localhost.localdomain> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153359693 990 80.91.229.2 (20 Jul 2006 01:41:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:41:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 20 03:41:30 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G3NXZ-0006DP-SI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:41:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G3NXZ-0004ai-9v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:41:25 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed.pacific.net.au!token.pipenetworks.com!218.100.2.59.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 58.178.94.147 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.134.67.67 Original-X-Trace: 1153359293 un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au 17542 203.134.67.67:3008 Original-X-Complaints-To: Abuse, including message IDs to abuse@pipenetworks.com Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:140459 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36112 Archived-At: vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com writes: > I'm using gnu 19.34 on MSDOS and 21.3.1 on Unix Bash > > I have some zip files with contents like > "glop02/a true banana file june 23.eml" > and I want to rename the (100-300) files to 8.3 old msdos style > like "glbjun23.eml" > before I unzip them. > It would be easier to do this on 19.34 since I downloaded them already. > > I thought i knew (and prolly forgot) the commands in dired (M and R).. > > any help appreciated also %m will mark files matching regex