On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 09:45:23PM -0800, Chime Hart wrote:
Hi David: You mention "rename" when I was in DOS they had an "ren" which I wish I had in Debian, as it handled wild-cards really well. I could type ren *.txt *.cnn Sure wish we had something simple like that. Thanks in advance Chime
Check out the Perl rename utility (written by Larry Wall) which has been renamed "file-rename". Everyone ought have a copy of the wonderful O'Reilly book "Learning Perl". RLH
