From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Changing file names with "--" to "-" recursively
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 08:46:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735xp3lsh.fsf@zoho.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: YDIBbE+YRj7D3ZJk@protected.rcdrun.com
Jean Louis wrote:
> The command:
>
> $ rename 's/--/-/g' *
>
> does not work on my side as it works on yours, maybe it is
> different software.
Works here!
$ rename --version
/bin/rename using File::Rename version 1.13,
File::Rename::Options version 1.10
By Larry Wall, I read in rename(1p), from the "User
Contributed Perl Documentation". You gotta love it :)
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http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-21 7:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-21 3:06 Changing file names with "--" to "-" wael-zwaiter
2021-02-21 3:33 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-21 6:45 ` Changing file names with "--" to "-" recursively Jean Louis
2021-02-21 7:46 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2021-02-21 12:42 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-21 13:41 ` ken
2021-02-22 6:36 ` David Masterson
2021-02-22 4:42 ` Changing file names with "--" to "-" Robert Thorpe
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