zip dired rename

zip dired rename

[vjp2.at]

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

Re: zip dired rename

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com
> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:55:24 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> 
> 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)..

19.34 is very old; does it have the "% M" command in Dired?  If it
does, that's the command you probably want.

Re: zip dired rename

[Gary Wessle]

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

%R will rename files matching regex

Re: zip dired rename

[Gary Wessle]

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

Re: zip dired rename

[vjp2.at]

Darn, I forgot about the "%"
Thanks

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Re: zip dired rename

[vjp2.at]

True.. but.. I am in "Mail Zip-Archive Narrow"


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