From: Daniel P. <dan...@gm...> - 2004-09-26 18:14:44
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On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:59:36 -0700 Ken Hayber <kh...@so...> wrote: > Hmm, I think I rarely do that. You are right, it isn't a daily task, but if it comes to it, it's really annoying to touch every file. Use cases for this App include: * give better names to a photo collection, i.e. better than img_0121.jpg * rename a list of music files (where the titles are only available in printed media) * and last but not least, sometimes you just want to change the names of a couple of file ;-) I never understood why no single filemanager has this feature. At least for ROX, it shouldn't be to hard to implement, is it? At least in python it wasn't too hard (otherwise I wouldn't have achieved it ;-) > If you don't know this utility you can do: > > ren "*.py" "#1.pie" > or > ren "*foo*" "#1bar#2" (or "#2baz#1" if you like) Also interesting, not what I meant, but maybe I could have used it to rename the screenies: $> import -window root -pause 3 -snaps 4 mr.png # yields --> mr.png.0 mr.png.1 mr.png.2 mr.png.3 $> ren "mr.png.*" "mr-#1.png" Rgds, Daniel |