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Subject: rename using regexpr - is it possible?
Thread-Topic: rename using regexpr - is it possible?
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Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 09:29:05 +0000
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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.


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