Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:52:33PM -0700, Brian E. Lavender wrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 01:36:53PM -0700, Brian E. Lavender wrote: > > No. C is a nasty language. > > Use Eiffel instead! > > I thought I was going to start a flame war. No, but I'm gonna go ahead and unfriend you over on Facebook. ;) -bill! ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
Looks like Brian mis-spelled C++ On 09/16/2015 04:33 PM, Wes Hardaker wrote: "Brian E. Lavender" writes: On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 09:00:07AM +0800, Mark's tech help wrote: On 9/12/2015 at 2:06 PM, "Wes Hardaker" wrote: I still use it? Because it's wedged into my muscle memory and nothing else has shown me I need to move away from it to something better (unlike many other instances where I have moved to something better, such as bash, python, and emacs [/me ducks and runs for cover]) hmmr.. so let be sure on this-- you've moved *away* from these 3? And here I've just taken a half-assed plunge into an online MIT course, "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python" .. (was a little distressed when Big Brother's own product, Chrome, was at the top of suggested browsers.. and of course the forums are full of Winblows boneheads.) Anyways, I do recall having read negative viewpoints on Python from purist coders' perspectives.. would y'all suggest I just return to the K&R C of my school daze? No. C is a nasty language. Yet, it still drives almost everything underneath it all. ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
"Brian E. Lavender" writes: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 09:00:07AM +0800, Mark's tech help wrote: >> On 9/12/2015 at 2:06 PM, "Wes Hardaker" wrote: >> >I still use it? Because it's wedged into my muscle memory and nothing >> >else has shown me I need to move away from it to something better >> >(unlike many other instances where I have moved to something better, >> >such as bash, python, and emacs [/me ducks and runs for cover]) >> >> hmmr.. so let be sure on this-- you've moved *away* from these 3? >> And here I've just taken a half-assed plunge into an online MIT >> course, "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using >> Python" .. (was a little distressed when Big Brother's own product, >> Chrome, was at the top of suggested browsers.. and of course the >> forums are full of Winblows boneheads.) Anyways, I do recall having >> read negative viewpoints on Python from purist coders' >> perspectives.. would y'all suggest I just return to the K&R C of my >> school daze? > > No. C is a nasty language. Yet, it still drives almost everything underneath it all. -- Wes Hardaker My Pictures: http://capturedonearth.com/ My Thoughts: http://pontifications.hardakers.net/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
Oh, I should have continued with the new thread I created Oh well. On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:52:33PM -0700, Brian E. Lavender wrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 01:36:53PM -0700, Brian E. Lavender wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 09:00:07AM +0800, Mark's tech help wrote: > > > On 9/12/2015 at 2:06 PM, "Wes Hardaker" wrote: > > > >I still use it? Because it's wedged into my muscle memory and nothing > > > >else has shown me I need to move away from it to something better > > > >(unlike many other instances where I have moved to something better, > > > >such as bash, python, and emacs [/me ducks and runs for cover]) > > > > > > hmmr.. so let be sure on this-- you've moved *away* from these 3? And > > > here I've just taken a half-assed plunge into an online MIT course, > > > "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python" .. (was > > > a little distressed when Big Brother's own product, Chrome, was at the > > > top of suggested browsers.. and of course the forums are full of Winblows > > > boneheads.) Anyways, I do recall having read negative viewpoints on > > > Python from purist coders' perspectives.. would y'all suggest I just > > > return to the K&R C of my school daze? > > > > No. C is a nasty language. > > > > Use Eiffel instead! > > I thought I was going to start a flame war. > > Hmm. I like Pascal myself, but I like Python too. Bertrand Meyer > recently completed creation of a Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) for > introducing programming. There is much debate regarding what approach > to use to introduce programming. We use C++ at American River College. > Although, you must take the pseudocode course before taking the structured > programming course in C++. > > https://webcourses.inf.ethz.ch/se_courses/introduction_to_programming/main_page/ > > brian > -- > Brian Lavender > http://www.brie.com/brian/ > > "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to > make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other > way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." > > Professor C. A. R. Hoare > The 1980 Turing award lecture > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 01:36:53PM -0700, Brian E. Lavender wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 09:00:07AM +0800, Mark's tech help wrote: > > On 9/12/2015 at 2:06 PM, "Wes Hardaker" wrote: > > >I still use it? Because it's wedged into my muscle memory and nothing > > >else has shown me I need to move away from it to something better > > >(unlike many other instances where I have moved to something better, > > >such as bash, python, and emacs [/me ducks and runs for cover]) > > > > hmmr.. so let be sure on this-- you've moved *away* from these 3? And > > here I've just taken a half-assed plunge into an online MIT course, > > "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python" .. (was a > > little distressed when Big Brother's own product, Chrome, was at the top of > > suggested browsers.. and of course the forums are full of Winblows > > boneheads.) Anyways, I do recall having read negative viewpoints on Python > > from purist coders' perspectives.. would y'all suggest I just return to > > the K&R C of my school daze? > > No. C is a nasty language. > > Use Eiffel instead! I thought I was going to start a flame war. Hmm. I like Pascal myself, but I like Python too. Bertrand Meyer recently completed creation of a Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) for introducing programming. There is much debate regarding what approach to use to introduce programming. We use C++ at American River College. Although, you must take the pseudocode course before taking the structured programming course in C++. https://webcourses.inf.ethz.ch/se_courses/introduction_to_programming/main_page/ brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 09:00:07AM +0800, Mark's tech help wrote: > On 9/12/2015 at 2:06 PM, "Wes Hardaker" wrote: > >I still use it? Because it's wedged into my muscle memory and nothing > >else has shown me I need to move away from it to something better > >(unlike many other instances where I have moved to something better, > >such as bash, python, and emacs [/me ducks and runs for cover]) > > hmmr.. so let be sure on this-- you've moved *away* from these 3? And here > I've just taken a half-assed plunge into an online MIT course, "Introduction > to Computer Science and Programming Using Python" .. (was a little > distressed when Big Brother's own product, Chrome, was at the top of > suggested browsers.. and of course the forums are full of Winblows > boneheads.) Anyways, I do recall having read negative viewpoints on Python > from purist coders' perspectives.. would y'all suggest I just return to the > K&R C of my school daze? No. C is a nasty language. Use Eiffel instead! -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
On 9/12/2015 at 2:06 PM, "Wes Hardaker" wrote: >I still use it? Because it's wedged into my muscle memory and nothing >else has shown me I need to move away from it to something better >(unlike many other instances where I have moved to something better, >such as bash, python, and emacs [/me ducks and runs for cover]) hmmr.. so let be sure on this-- you've moved *away* from these 3? And here I've just taken a half-assed plunge into an online MIT course, "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python" .. (was a little distressed when Big Brother's own product, Chrome, was at the top of suggested browsers.. and of course the forums are full of Winblows boneheads.) Anyways, I do recall having read negative viewpoints on Python from purist coders' perspectives.. would y'all suggest I just return to the K&R C of my school daze? A Techdirt podcast was raving about how "node.js" is all the rage among startups. Meh. -- Shell programming is a 1950's jukebox - great if it has your song already. --Larry Wall ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
Rick Moen writes: > I think this is yet another case, among countless others, where the very > first response to querent needed to be some gentle form of 'What problem > are you actually trying to solve?' [sorry for the week delay on this...] In my case, the perl script I posted was written long before many other things existed. I believe it was written back in the perl4 era. Why do I still use it? Because it's wedged into my muscle memory and nothing else has shown me I need to move away from it to something better (unlike many other instances where I have moved to something better, such as bash, python, and emacs [/me ducks and runs for cover]) -- Wes Hardaker My Pictures: http://capturedonearth.com/ My Thoughts: http://pontifications.hardakers.net/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
Excellent. Thanks.
brian
On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 07:41:16AM -0700, Wes Hardaker wrote:
> "Brian E. Lavender" writes:
>
> > Shell command that does the following.
> >
> > rename "s/^/foo/" *.txt
>
> I think I posted it a long time ago. It was written before the command
> line rename program existed, so there wasn't a conflict.
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> ($op = shift) || die "Usage: rename expr [files]]\n";
>
> if(!@ARGV)
> {
> @ARGV = ;
> chop(@ARGV);
> }
>
> for (@ARGV)
> {
> $was = $_;
> eval $op;
> die $@ if $@;
>
> if ($was ne $_)
> {
> print "rename($was,$_)\n";
> rename($was,$_);
> }
> }
>
> exit;
>
> --
> Wes Hardaker
> My Pictures: http://capturedonearth.com/
> My Thoughts: http://pontifications.hardakers.net/
--
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
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Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
"Brian E. Lavender" writes:
> Shell command that does the following.
>
> rename "s/^/foo/" *.txt
I think I posted it a long time ago. It was written before the command
line rename program existed, so there wasn't a conflict.
#!/usr/bin/perl
($op = shift) || die "Usage: rename expr [files]]\n";
if(!@ARGV)
{
@ARGV = ;
chop(@ARGV);
}
for (@ARGV)
{
$was = $_;
eval $op;
die $@ if $@;
if ($was ne $_)
{
print "rename($was,$_)\n";
rename($was,$_);
}
}
exit;
--
Wes Hardaker
My Pictures: http://capturedonearth.com/
My Thoughts: http://pontifications.hardakers.net/
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Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
Quoting Mark's tech help (markinda...@hush.com): > Reason: I'm running my usual, minimalist distro! (Busybox does too > many things on this.) You.. you lucky, decked-out full-installation > people, you! But really, mmv looks great-- will have to install it. > Thanks for the tip. Yr. welcome. mmv is one of numerous ways of filling the functionality-hole that newcomers to Unix from MS-DOS inevitably found perplexing (back in the day). The difference lies in the way arguments get processed. Unix shells expand globs before passing the arguments off to the called executables. The MS-DOS COMMAND.COM shell did not. ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
trying here: root# mmv bash: mmv: command not found root# Reason: I'm running my usual, minimalist distro! (Busybox does too many things on this.) You.. you lucky, decked-out full-installation people, you! But really, mmv looks great-- will have to install it. Thanks for the tip. - Mark -- https://twitter.com/linuxusergroup On 9/3/2015 at 10:36 PM, "Rick Moen" wrote: > >Quoting Mark's tech help (markinda...@hush.com): > >> I'm a tad baffled by the usage of perl here. Some part of a >learning exercise for perl, or could one not just come up with a >line of bash commands.. a combination of mv and sed with a pipe >&/or redirect? > >I think this is yet another case, among countless others, where >the very >first response to querent needed to be some gentle form of 'What >problem >are you actually trying to solve?' > >P.S.: > >$ man 1 mmv > >MMV(1) > >NAME > mmv - move/copy/append/link multiple files by wildcard >patterns > >SYNOPSIS > mmv [-m|x|r|c|o|a|l|s] [-h] [-d|p] [-g|t] [-v|n] [--] [from >to] > >DESCRIPTION > Mmv moves (or copies, appends, or links, as specified) each >source file > matching a from pattern to the target name specified by the >to pattern. > This multiple action is performed safely, i.e. without >any unexpected > deletion of files due to collisions of target names with >existing file- > names or with other target names. Furthermore, before >doing anything, > mmv attempts to detect any errors that would result from >the entire set > of actions specified and gives the user the choice of >either proceeding > by avoiding the offending parts or aborting. mmv does >support large > files (LFS) but it does *NOT* support sparse files (i.e. >it explodes > them). >[...] > >___ >vox-tech mailing list >vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Shell programming is a 1950's jukebox - great if it has your song already. --Larry Wall ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
Quoting Mark's tech help (markinda...@hush.com): > I'm a tad baffled by the usage of perl here. Some part of a learning > exercise for perl, or could one not just come up with a line of bash > commands.. a combination of mv and sed with a pipe &/or redirect? I think this is yet another case, among countless others, where the very first response to querent needed to be some gentle form of 'What problem are you actually trying to solve?' P.S.: $ man 1 mmv MMV(1) NAME mmv - move/copy/append/link multiple files by wildcard patterns SYNOPSIS mmv [-m|x|r|c|o|a|l|s] [-h] [-d|p] [-g|t] [-v|n] [--] [from to] DESCRIPTION Mmv moves (or copies, appends, or links, as specified) each source file matching a from pattern to the target name specified by the to pattern. This multiple action is performed safely, i.e. without any unexpected deletion of files due to collisions of target names with existing file- names or with other target names. Furthermore, before doing anything, mmv attempts to detect any errors that would result from the entire set of actions specified and gives the user the choice of either proceeding by avoiding the offending parts or aborting. mmv does support large files (LFS) but it does *NOT* support sparse files (i.e. it explodes them). [...] ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
I'm a tad baffled by the usage of perl here. Some part of a learning exercise for perl, or could one not just come up with a line of bash commands.. a combination of mv and sed with a pipe &/or redirect? - Mark -- https://twitter.com/linuxusergroup On 9/4/2015 at 1:45 AM, "Jeff Newmiller" wrote: > >It was your modifier term "perl" that confused me, particularly >when the OS distribution was included. In retrospect, I can see >why this made sense to you, but describing it as a "rename Perl >script" would have helped. >--- > >Jeff NewmillerThe . . >Go Live... >DCN:Basics: ##.#. ##.#. >Live Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. >Playing >Research Engineer (Solar/BatteriesO.O#. #.O#. >with >/Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. >rocks...1k >--- > >Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > >On September 3, 2015 10:14:45 AM PDT, "Brian E. Lavender" > wrote: >>Shell command that does the following. >> >>rename "s/^/foo/" *.txt >> >>It's on Debian. >> >>On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 10:15:34PM -0700, Jeff Newmiller wrote: >>> Your question baffles me. >>> >>> The rename function is built-in to perl. >>> >>> There is also File::Copy if you are concerned about portability. >>> >>-- >- >>> Jeff NewmillerThe . . > Go >>Live... >>> DCN:Basics: ##.#. ##.#. > Live >>Go... >>> Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. >>Playing >>> Research Engineer (Solar/BatteriesO.O#. #.O#. > with >>> /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. >>rocks...1k >>> >>-- >- >> >>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >>> >>> On September 2, 2015 9:56:51 PM PDT, "Brian E. Lavender" >> wrote: >>> >Anyone know where to the find the perl rename command on >Fedora? >>> > >>> >brian >>> >-- >>> >Brian Lavender >>> >http://www.brie.com/brian/ >>> > >>> >"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way >is to >>> >make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. >And the >>> >other >>> >way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious >>> >deficiencies." >>> > >>> >Professor C. A. R. Hoare >>> >The 1980 Turing award lecture >>> >___ >>> >vox-tech mailing list >>> >vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >>> >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >>> >>> ___ >>> vox-tech mailing list >>> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >>> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >> >>-- >>Brian Lavender >>http://www.brie.com/brian/ >> >>"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is >to >>make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And >the >>other >>way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious >>deficiencies." >> >>Professor C. A. R. Hoare >>The 1980 Turing award lecture >>___ >>vox-tech mailing list >>vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >>http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > >___ >vox-tech mailing list >vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Shell programming is a 1950's jukebox - great if it has your song already. --Larry Wall ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
It was your modifier term "perl" that confused me, particularly when the OS distribution was included. In retrospect, I can see why this made sense to you, but describing it as a "rename Perl script" would have helped. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... DCN:Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/BatteriesO.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On September 3, 2015 10:14:45 AM PDT, "Brian E. Lavender" wrote: >Shell command that does the following. > >rename "s/^/foo/" *.txt > >It's on Debian. > >On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 10:15:34PM -0700, Jeff Newmiller wrote: >> Your question baffles me. >> >> The rename function is built-in to perl. >> >> There is also File::Copy if you are concerned about portability. >> >--- >> Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go >Live... >> DCN:Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live >Go... >> Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. >Playing >> Research Engineer (Solar/BatteriesO.O#. #.O#. with >> /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. >rocks...1k >> >--- > >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> On September 2, 2015 9:56:51 PM PDT, "Brian E. Lavender" > wrote: >> >Anyone know where to the find the perl rename command on Fedora? >> > >> >brian >> >-- >> >Brian Lavender >> >http://www.brie.com/brian/ >> > >> >"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to >> >make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the >> >other >> >way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious >> >deficiencies." >> > >> >Professor C. A. R. Hoare >> >The 1980 Turing award lecture >> >___ >> >vox-tech mailing list >> >vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >> >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >> >> ___ >> vox-tech mailing list >> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > >-- >Brian Lavender >http://www.brie.com/brian/ > >"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to >make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the >other >way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious >deficiencies." > >Professor C. A. R. Hoare >The 1980 Turing award lecture >___ >vox-tech mailing list >vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
Shell command that does the following. rename "s/^/foo/" *.txt It's on Debian. On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 10:15:34PM -0700, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > Your question baffles me. > > The rename function is built-in to perl. > > There is also File::Copy if you are concerned about portability. > --- > Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... > DCN:Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing > Research Engineer (Solar/BatteriesO.O#. #.O#. with > /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k > --- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > On September 2, 2015 9:56:51 PM PDT, "Brian E. Lavender" > wrote: > >Anyone know where to the find the perl rename command on Fedora? > > > >brian > >-- > >Brian Lavender > >http://www.brie.com/brian/ > > > >"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to > >make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the > >other > >way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious > >deficiencies." > > > >Professor C. A. R. Hoare > >The 1980 Turing award lecture > >___ > >vox-tech mailing list > >vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
On 09/02/2015 10:15 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > Your question baffles me. > > The rename function is built-in to perl. Under ubuntu: bill@left:~$ which rename /usr/bin/rename bill@left:~$ ls -al /usr/bin/rename lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jun 17 2013 /usr/bin/rename -> /etc/alternatives/rename bill@left:~$ ls -al /etc/alternatives/rename lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jun 17 2013 /etc/alternatives/rename -> /usr/bin/prename bill@left:~$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/prename perl: /usr/bin/prename bill@left:~$ Maybe fedora calls it prename? ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] perl rename
Your question baffles me. The rename function is built-in to perl. There is also File::Copy if you are concerned about portability. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... DCN:Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/BatteriesO.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On September 2, 2015 9:56:51 PM PDT, "Brian E. Lavender" wrote: >Anyone know where to the find the perl rename command on Fedora? > >brian >-- >Brian Lavender >http://www.brie.com/brian/ > >"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to >make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the >other >way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious >deficiencies." > >Professor C. A. R. Hoare >The 1980 Turing award lecture >___ >vox-tech mailing list >vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] perl rename
Anyone know where to the find the perl rename command on Fedora? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
