Re: intent to package mrename

[Andrew Stribblehill <a.d.stribblehill@durham.ac.uk>]

Quoting Dr. Guenter Bechly <GBechly@gmx.de>:
> Hi,
> I intend to package mrename (aka Mass Rename 1.2)

<snip>

There seem to be two different ways (in potato, at least) to do
this. Either: use mmv:

  mmv 'abc*.*' 'abc#2.#1'

or use the Perl script (from perl-5.005):

  rename 's/\.(.*)\.(.*)/.$2.$1' abc*

Is there a genuine need for a third way?

Cheerio,

Andrew Stribblehill
Systems Programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England