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Re: cygwin rename util doesn't parse leading dash in expression argument correctly (thinks it is an option)


On 02/09/2014 16:43, Dat Head wrote:
Cygwin 1.7.30-1

$ ls -l *-fixed.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 foo None 0 Sep  1 13:47 a-fixed.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 foo None 0 Sep  1 13:47 b-fixed.flac

$ rename '-fixed' '' *-fixed.flac
rename: unknown option -- f

you need to tell rename that the options are ended with --

$ rename -- '-fixed' '' *-fixed.flac

$ ls *flac
a.flac  b.flac


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