Talk:Rename

What rename is this? There are a multitude of commands with similar names and functions. With mine (util-linux-2.12), the command line given here does not work, whereas

$ rename mpeg mpg *.mpeg

does. (But that rename is pretty pathetic.)

Whereas with Vladimir Lanin's 'ren' it's

$ ren "*mpeg" "#1mpg"

which I downloaded because I *hate* 'rename'. For basic purposes, it's much better... and safer.

Digiot 18:44, Apr 12, 2004 (EDT)

It depends on what distribution you have. I've added some disambiguation and a description of the standard library function. --Snags 11:17, Apr 13, 2004 (EDT)

Good stuff. But what's the relevance of Red Hat? It probably comes with most every distro and is by ' Andries Brouwer and others' - I'm not aware of a Red Hat connection, but I'm not aware of a lot of things. ;) Either way, thanks for that. Digiot 01:40, Apr 14, 2004 (EDT)