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Subject: Re: Open Letter / Suggestion for shells: Need access to original command line...
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:05:07 GMT
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In article <slrn7s3chg DOT 4jq DOT ken AT pulsar DOT halcyon DOT com>,
  ken AT halcyon DOT com wrote:
[...]
> No need for the external program:
>   for name in *.jpeg; do mv "$name" "${name%.jpeg}".jpg; done
>
> >What I'm really looking for is a regular-expression 'mv' utility that
> >would except a command-line like:
> >
> >mv "^\(.*\)\.jpeg" "\1.jpg"

No need to learn shell specifics, try 'mexp' :-)
% mexp "mv *.jpeg *.jpg"

Fetch mexp from:
http://s.pi1.physik.uni-stuttgart.de:80/ophoff/mexp.html
Compile it with:
% gcc -o mexp mexp.c
... put it in /usr/local/bin and you're done.

mexp is also good for things like:
% ls
foo01.jpg foo02.jpg foo03.jpg
% mexp "mv foo??.jpg bar??.jpg"
% ls
bar01.jpg bar02.jpg bar03.jpg

--
Nicolas


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