From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Changing file names with "--" to "-" recursively Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:42:02 +0300 Message-ID: References: <8735xp3lsh.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4370"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 21 13:49:08 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lDoAd-000126-Uq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:49:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36656 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDoAc-0001GG-W5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:49:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42346) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDo8f-0001F8-84 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:47:06 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:38065) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDo8c-0007D7-V2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:47:04 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.210.154.232]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000001E1BF.0000000060325644.000037AF; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 05:47:00 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8735xp3lsh.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128181 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2021-02-21 10:47]: > 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 :) Sure, I remember that one. My command is from from util-linux 2.29.2 But it does not matter, the iteration that was proposed replaces both of them.