From: Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@wait.de>
To: ZShell Users <zsh-users@math.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: renaming with number prefix
Date: 23 Jan 1998 22:47:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yfm3eiex3q0.ulp@gretchen.wait.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Sven Guckes's message of "Fri, 23 Jan 1998 16:54:04 +0100"
>>>>> "Sven" == Sven Guckes <guckes@math.fu-berlin.de> writes:
Sven> Problem:
Sven> Rename all files within a directory such that their names
Sven> get a numeral prefix in the default sort order.
Sven> Example:
Sven> $ ls
Sven> abc bar baz foo zyxxy
Sven> $ <command>
Sven> $ ls
Sven> 1.abc 2.bar 3.baz 4.foo 5.zyxxy
Sven> So - what's that <command>?
perl -e 'map rename($_, ++$i.".".$_), @ARGV' *
Sven> Btw, "leading zeroes" would be a bonus.
perl -e 'map rename($_, sprintf "%03d.%s",++$i,$_), @ARGV' *
Ulrich Pfeifer
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prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-01-24 15:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-01-23 15:54 Sven Guckes
1998-01-23 16:21 ` Thomas Koehler
1998-01-23 16:24 ` Bruce Stephens
1998-01-23 16:40 ` Nate Johnston
1998-01-23 17:09 ` Stephen Marley
1998-01-23 17:19 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-01-28 1:21 ` nirva
1998-01-23 17:28 ` Peter Williams
1998-01-23 21:47 ` Ulrich Pfeifer [this message]
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