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Install the Linux rename utility
Why not use
mv??---
Install the Linux rename utility
Try it. You will see it won't work for batch-renaming.
How a Rename Program Saves Time
The reason is that one shouldn't just use "mv" is that it only operates on one file at a time. If you need to rename multiple files in a similar way a rename program or script can save a lot of time.
For instance, I was taking screenshots tonight using Apple Remote Desktop. I had to add on a numerical suffix to each snapshot as I took it and later I wanted to clean up the names. What I had was:
What I did was the following:
Actually, my program ren-regexp can take all those regular expressions on a single line:
What I was left with was:
I typed 94 characters with the above command and it saved me 30 mouse clicks and 270 characters and that's just for 15 files. Imagine how much effort you could save if you had hundreds of images that you need to rename.
Michael. |
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