Re: What Is Your Fave File Detox?

On Thu, 01 May 2025 10:23:40 +0000, Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux>
wrote in <183b602b79d4754c$100112$5317$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>:

On Thu, 01 May 2025 09:13:52 +0000, vallor wrote:
 
 

What rename command?

 
There's one that comes with perl.
 
I prefer "mmv" for mass renaming:
 
 

Those shell commands may not work.
 
Example.  Some videos downloaded from YouTube will have outlandish
filenames that contain exclamation points (!) inside double quote marks:
'..."...!..."...'
This is not a joke.
 
When bash sees that it will choke.

Not if you set +H

_[/home/vallor]_(vallor@lm)🐧_
$ !!
!!: command not found

It's best to use the renaming utilities that I cited.

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