Re: Trouble with zmv and extended globs

[Dan Bullok <dan.zsh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The typo gremlin got me.  See corrections below.


On Tuesday 18 October 2005 19:27, Dan Bullok wrote:
> I'm having some trouble with zmv.
> Suppose I have a bunch of python scripts in a directory, and none of them
> end in .py.  I want to give them all a proper extension, so I try:
> 	zmv -n '(*)(#qe,file ${REPLY}|grep "python script",)' '$1.py'
> This works as I expected it to.
> However, if I have a bunch of python scripts in several subdirectories of
> varying depths, I try:
> 	zmv -n '(**/con*)(#qe,file ${REPLY}|grep "python script",)' '$1.py'
zmv -n '(**/*)(#qe,file ${REPLY}|grep "python script",)' '$1.py'



> which gives me the following error:
> 	zmv:238: bad pattern: (*/*)(#qe,file ${REPLY}|grep python,)
zmv:238: bad pattern: (**/*)(#qe,file ${REPLY}|grep python,)



>
> I've also tried:
> 	zmv -n '(*/*(#qe,file ${REPLY}|grep python,))' '$1.py'
zmv -n '(**/*(#qe,file ${REPLY}|grep python,))' '$1.py'