Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-02 Thread Stroller
On 1 December 2011, at 10:55, Helmut Jarausch wrote: I prefer sys-apps/pyrenamer which is (IMHO) even more comfortable. That appears to require a GUI, X11 or whatever. Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-02 Thread Stroller
On 1 December 2011, at 10:42, Dale wrote: ... sys-apps/renameutils should be installed on every system, IMO, and aliased thus in your .bashrc: alias qmv=qmv -f do alias qcp=qcp -f do Set $EDITOR to vi, and renaming TV shows becomes quick and easy. vi? O_O Would nano not work? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-02 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 10:50:37AM +, Stroller wrote: On 1 December 2011, at 10:42, Dale wrote: ... sys-apps/renameutils should be installed on every system, IMO, and aliased thus in your .bashrc: alias qmv=qmv -f do alias qcp=qcp -f do Set $EDITOR to vi, and renaming TV

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-02 Thread James Broadhead
On Dec 1, 2011 3:32 p.m., Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote:: I used to get stuck in vi, but at some point I asked a friend to give me a proper introduction and now ... Now you're _completely_ stuck!

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:49:26 -0600, Dale wrote: I ran into a problem. I been downloading a lot of TV shows. I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names. This is what I have with the full path: /data/Movies/TV_Series/Person of Interest/Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot.mp4 This

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-01 Thread Stroller
On 1 December 2011, at 01:49, Dale wrote: ... I ran into a problem. I been downloading a lot of TV shows. I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names. This is what I have with the full path: /data/Movies/TV_Series/Person of Interest/Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot.mp4 This is

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-01 Thread Dale
Stroller wrote: On 1 December 2011, at 01:49, Dale wrote: ... I ran into a problem. I been downloading a lot of TV shows. I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names. This is what I have with the full path: /data/Movies/TV_Series/Person of Interest/Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot.mp4

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-01 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 12/01/2011 10:34:33 AM, Stroller wrote: On 1 December 2011, at 01:49, Dale wrote: ... I ran into a problem. I been downloading a lot of TV shows. I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names. This is what I have with the full path: /data/Movies/TV_Series/Person of

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-01 Thread James Broadhead
On 1 December 2011 10:55, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 12/01/2011 10:34:33 AM, Stroller wrote: On 1 December 2011, at 01:49, Dale wrote: ... I ran into a problem.  I been downloading a lot of TV shows.  I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names.  This

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-01 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 7:22 AM, James Broadhead jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 December 2011 10:55, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 12/01/2011 10:34:33 AM, Stroller wrote: On 1 December 2011, at 01:49, Dale wrote: ... I ran into a problem.  I been downloading

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-12-01 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 04:42:04AM -0600, Dale wrote: Basically, I need to add the name of the show to the name of the file. They will all be added to the front of the names. They also almost all contain spaces, which means some fancy footwork with the \. I see you've renamed your

[gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread Dale
Greets, I ran into a problem. I been downloading a lot of TV shows. I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names. This is what I have with the full path: /data/Movies/TV_Series/Person of Interest/Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot.mp4 This is what I need it to be:

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 07:49:26PM -0600, Dale wrote: I ran into a problem. I been downloading a lot of TV shows. I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names. This is what I have with the full path: /data/Movies/TV_Series/Person of Interest/Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot.mp4

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread Francisco Ares
I use the following script to remove parts of downloaded videos, I guess it wont't be hard to figure out how to change it to your needs. It also creates a text file with the name of the file and, expecting it to be a video file, it uses midentify, part of the mplayer package, to read the duration

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread bill.longman
Take a look at rename, Dale.Its usage syntax wasn't obvious to me at first but after using it a few times I got the hang of it.Bill-- Sent from my HP TouchPad which is really braindead when trying not to toppost.On Nov 30, 2011 5:50 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Greets, I ran into a

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Dec 1, 2011 8:54 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Greets, I ran into a problem. I been downloading a lot of TV shows. I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names. This is what I have with the full path: /data/Movies/TV_Series/Person of Interest/Season 1, Episode 1 -

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread Francisco Ares
Sorry, did not read your message to the end. So the sixth line on that script, on your case, instead of: j=`echo $i | sed s/\ \-\ unwantedString//` should be: j=Person of Interest - $i I guess that's it. You will have to open a console at the directory where your movies are in.

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Dec 1, 2011 9:22 AM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: On Dec 1, 2011 8:54 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Greets, I ran into a problem. I been downloading a lot of TV shows. I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names. This is what I have with the full path:

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread Dale
Frank Steinmetzger wrote: On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 07:49:26PM -0600, Dale wrote: I ran into a problem. I been downloading a lot of TV shows. I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names. This is what I have with the full path: /data/Movies/TV_Series/Person of Interest/Season 1,

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 06:22:18PM -0800, bill.long...@gmail.com wrote: […] Sent from my HP TouchPad which is really braindead when trying not to toppost. …and at providing a plaintext version. Stupid modern fingery-touchy-swipey gloss-only facebook interface devices. (Nothing against you or

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing names of LOTS of files, adding to them actually.

2011-11-30 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: Greets, I ran into a problem. I been downloading a lot of TV shows. I forgot to put a sort of important part in the names. This is what I have with the full path: /data/Movies/TV_Series/Person of Interest/Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot.mp4 This is what I need it to be: