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Re: rename (util-linux 2.21.2)
- From: Mark Geisert <mark at maxrnd dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 22:55:23 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: rename (util-linux 2.21.2)
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Mariusz WODZICKI writes:
> I frequently use ``rename''. Today I discovered that the most current
> version has a changed syntax:
>
> Usage:
> rename [options] expression replacement file...
>
> Options:
> -v, --verbose explain what is being done
> -V, --version output version information and exit
> -h, --help display this help and exit
>
> For years the syntax was:
>
> rename from to file...
>
> and for a reason.
Is it possible you were for years using the Windows rename, which is now
being shadowed by Cygwin's rename?
..mark
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