From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 27205 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2020 18:22:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 9 Oct 2020 18:22:28 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0E91193D29; Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:22:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1722E93D28; Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:21:42 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=fastmail.com header.i=@fastmail.com header.b="HsZBq5q7"; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="BNEFgQQh"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4B16B93D28; Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:21:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com (out5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62E4B93D1B for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:21:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F3E25C00BC for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:21:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imap35 ([10.202.2.85]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:21:38 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.com; h= mime-version:message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:from:to :subject:content-type; s=fm1; bh=FyCLNX+XWsaQhIAmApQnyxmONNjZvtu 52HqpnezSkFk=; b=HsZBq5q75+EtoN8cifEqll+dxyq0YQEMPdWUvqj0sYkxBij /Dbbx37hsqww2zYTTeilIWvSC5b5t7uFO/PYcB+1/ZPpZLk3LKvNKkmClH9upINL vgRUehexElvb+3Io/w52UC8ifhDQvEyJMH1qN3RRJAzjbmA1A05p8DxbMdwmwcyP L18HDENPwJBAEdN3W65QkdXKCwRRTbuX8BFV5sURmt7LbC8pjcGGGflQjNJI92IE tUOd52lF5iwuaxtdYWmXdrI7q/e5RQnrmA3GGcIzeHTifhU8Ioe6UnNvr6UiEaCZ ZxKmmJRZko8C0HYev6WxVn/Ye9LZQmQO1RahBZA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=FyCLNX +XWsaQhIAmApQnyxmONNjZvtu52HqpnezSkFk=; b=BNEFgQQhjmdZVJjjK26Z4D qfE7kFuuSncJZ0SDlscgR3yjq9LLz2EoL2svO9tbYxDvtwY/FAVr4CobEfGJ6bs0 43kHZPxDbIP+MzWgm4EbdxM7jIGkj+vDsvRjbmy2+/UO7vZpIeO1seYFobLRrSpi eAb9xS5Eq/R0Wq0C+u/ck8Gh8/nc39uGb67PdTTMgCQlUgG7FhVj7MbevbVDo2EC wmjhqerW8bBt6GZ4zZpTl8BcMHKsRi0WogLkc5rr9gEG0lInsR7/VOcqTX8po/01 NxOUGfz0cFUw5RW7150Lutxu7epnBAsI+7ZCORbLnqKd9I8283U9VLKVMweMc5Iw == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrhedugdduvdeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefofgggkfgjfhffhffvufgtsehttd ertderredtnecuhfhrohhmpeftrghnughomhekfedvuceorhgrnhguohhmkeefvdesfhgr shhtmhgrihhlrdgtohhmqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpefggfdttddtieffgffffffgje dvgeehudduueduffffueeltedthfejffevfeduveenucffohhmrghinhepmhgrnhejrdho rhhgnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomheprh grnhguohhmkeefvdesfhgrshhtmhgrihhlrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9D52214C0699; Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:21:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.3.0-407-g461656c-fm-20201004.001-g461656c6 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <202010070922.0979MUD2022625@freefriends.org> Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:21:17 -0400 From: Random832 To: TUHS Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Re: [TUHS] Origins of globbing X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Wed, Oct 7, 2020, at 23:45, John Cowan wrote: > Not always, though. Some distros package GNU rename > instead, which > can only convert a fixed string to another fixed string. This rename utility is actually part of util-linux [a mixed bag of utilities that were developed early on by linux kernel developers to fill in the gaps of what GNU didn't provide], not GNU. [I believe the other rename command is actually part of perl, and you can execute arbitrary perl code, not just a regex substitution]