Re: Stupid unix
On Fri, Jul 24, 1998 at 12:56:02PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 21:28:25 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> >So what?
> >Didn't you saw the "-i" option he supplied to the mv command?
> >That's why Eric's solution works :P
>
> If that is the case then why not just do it all by hand in the first
> place? Sheesh.
? What do you want to achieve/avoid?
If you want to convert files, and only need a safety belt, "-i" is fine. It
will run in most of tpossible cases. If you have to rename each and every
file, nothing will really help you. "-i" does only ask if there is a
conflict, Steve.
For the case the original poster presented, "-i" is quite sufficient, and
doesn't require perl to work.
Marcus
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