Re: alternative to endeavour2
> > Boy, that many files I would prefer writing a shell
> script
> > or two, that is, if there is any consistency at all in
> the
> > filenames / current orginization. Maybe I'd organize
> > really old files by date stamp. There are a number of
> > possible options here, but I wouldn't be inclined to
> > mousing around for hours.
>
> you have a point, and i am doing a large bit with shell
> scripts. but
> no shell script will be good at cleaning up xxxxx~1.doc
> files from
> ancient windoze times. manual work is required.
Yeah, these are those dumb truncated file names. Isn't the
fullname contained in their header or something? Maybe the
script could find all these types of files, find the full
name in the header, and mv $i $full_name, where $i is each
in list *~?.doc
Or, as an alternative, I'd write a script to find all these
files, then prompt me for the full name and replace the
filename with my input. Here manual work certainly is
required but I think it might be quicker.
-jackp
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