Re: rename using regexpr - is it possible?

2021-10-26 Thread Eliot Moss
Turns out that my installation that I reported about was for cygwin64. Given your mail, I tried cygwin32 also (I happen to have both installed, mostly laziness) and the installation went fine for me there, too. So, yes, must be something about what you had (not) installed, but you're right that

RE: rename using regexpr - is it possible?

2021-10-25 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
-Original Message- From: Eliot Moss Sent: 24 October 2021 17:11 To: Fergus Daly ; 'cygwin@cygwin.com' Subject: Re: rename using regexpr - is it possible? On 10/24/2021 4:55 PM, Fergus Daly wrote: >>> I might be wrong but: >>> The Cygwin implementation of renam

Re: rename using regexpr - is it possible?

2021-10-24 Thread Eliot Moss
On 10/24/2021 4:55 PM, Fergus Daly wrote: I might be wrong but: The Cygwin implementation of rename seems completely different from "the" (my) Linux version. (Almost unique? Otherwise the matching in Cygwin of all syntax - vocab, switches, outcomes - to Linux, seems almost perfect.) Can I

RE: rename using regexpr - is it possible?

2021-10-24 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> I might be wrong but: >> The Cygwin implementation of rename seems completely different from "the" >> (my) Linux version. >> (Almost unique? Otherwise the matching in Cygwin of all syntax - >> vocab, switches, outcomes - to Linux, seems almost perfect.) >> Can I rename a set of files *.d

Re: rename using regexpr - is it possible?

2021-10-24 Thread Eliot Moss
I meant: util-linux ... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: rename using regexpr - is it possible?

2021-10-24 Thread Eliot Moss
On 10/24/2021 10:29 AM, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote: I might be wrong but: The Cygwin implementation of rename seems completely different from "the" (my) Linux version. (Almost unique? Otherwise the matching in Cygwin of all syntax - vocab, switches, outcomes - to Linux, seems almost