On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 01:11:52AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 04:47:35PM -0700, Dweeil Brock wrote:
> > trying to rename a folder and recieve the following error message:
> >
> > Bare word "foldername" not allowed while "strict subs" in use
>
> Don't use 'rename' to move a single directory; use 'mv'. See 'man
> rename' for what it does.
I knew rename was for something else but I never used it. As I read how this
command works, it is cool.
For example, to rename all files matching "*.bak" to strip the exten-
sion, you might say
rename 's/\.bak$//' *.bak
Perl expression is used here :) AUTHOR: Larry Wall
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