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Re: rename THIS=THAT

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From: Sven Guckes <guckes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: rename THIS=THAT
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 13:02:58 +0200
In-reply-to: <19980613010744.42583@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from Thomas Köhler on Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 01:07:44AM +0200
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Quoting Thomas Köhler (jean-luc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx):
> > 	rename foo.THIS THIS=THAT
> why not use this one:
> for i in *.THIS ; do mv $i `basename $i .THIS`.THAT ; done

Well, this just works for a special case - "extensions".
It won't work if "THIS" is somehere *within* the filenames.

	$ ls
	lahDIdah	DIagnose	LadyDI
	$ rename * DI=di
	$ ls
	lahdidah	diagnose	Ladydi

Well, that "rename" looks much more powerful to me.  :-)
	
Sven

References:
- help with 'rename' function
  - From: Timothy J Luoma
- Re: help with 'rename' function
  - From: Thomas Köhler

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