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On 02/09/2014 16:43, Dat Head wrote:
> Cygwin 1.7.30-1
>
> $ ls -l *-fixed.flac
> -rw-r--r-- 1 foo None 0 Sep  1 13:47 a-fixed.flac
> -rw-r--r-- 1 foo None 0 Sep  1 13:47 b-fixed.flac
>
> $ rename '-fixed' '' *-fixed.flac
> rename: unknown option -- f

you need to tell rename that the options are ended with --

$ rename -- '-fixed' '' *-fixed.flac

$ ls *flac
a.flac  b.flac


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