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Subject:	RE: rename using regexpr - is it possible?
Thread-Topic:	rename using regexpr - is it possible?
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From:	Fergus Daly via Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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>> I might be wrong but:
>> The Cygwin implementation of rename seems completely different from "the" (my) Linux version.
>> (Almost unique? Otherwise the matching in Cygwin of all syntax - 
>> vocab, switches, outcomes - to Linux, seems almost perfect.)
>> Can I rename a set of files *.d (say) as filename.d -> XXfilename.d?
>> In Linux this would be achieved by
>> $ rename 's/^/XX/g' ./*.d
>> whereas in Cygwin
>> $ rename ^ XX *.d
>> (and all similar attempts) fails.
>> Thank you.

> You're confusing perl-rename with util-linu rename. 
> The former, which seems to be what you want, can be installed using cpan (install File::Rename),
> assuming you have perl installed.
> It will put its rename command in /usr/local/bin, presumably taking precedence over the util-linux one in /usr/bin.
> It further seems that "normally" these two have different names, like rename.ul and prename,
> and /etc/alternatives is used to set up the rename command.
> This required some web searching to determine ...
> Cheers - Eliot

Perfect. Worked like a dream.
All in place, and naming managed.
Thanks so much.
Fergus

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