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Simple SED with rename

just curious as to why this command fails to rename my files:

Code:

$ rename -v "s/HDTV.*/mkv/g" *.mkv

$ ls

Archer.S01E01.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E02.720p.HDTV.X264-LiLDiCK.mkv

Archer.S01E03.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E04.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E05.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E06.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E07.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E08.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E09.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E10.720p.HDTV.x264-immerse.mkv

idx.txt

I tested the sed expression and that works fine.

Code:

$ cat idx.txt && cat idx.txt | sed "s/HDTV.*/mkv/g"

Archer.S01E01.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E02.720p.HDTV.X264-LiLDiCK.mkv

Archer.S01E03.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E04.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E05.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E06.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E07.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E08.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E09.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv

Archer.S01E10.720p.HDTV.x264-immerse.mkv



Archer.S01E01.720p.mkv

Archer.S01E02.720p.mkv

Archer.S01E03.720p.mkv

Archer.S01E04.720p.mkv

Archer.S01E05.720p.mkv

Archer.S01E06.720p.mkv

Archer.S01E07.720p.mkv

Archer.S01E08.720p.mkv

Archer.S01E09.720p.mkv

Archer.S01E10.720p.mkv

What am I missing? Does the rename command have some funky deal where it can't do RegEx?

Just wondering...

thanks in advance

You probably have the old version of rename that doens't take a regex. You want the one from the Perl distribution.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhwilliams (Post 4578294)

You probably have the old version of rename that doens't take a regex. You want the one from the Perl distribution.

Ugh... yup, Fedora rename program doesn't support RegExp

Code:

$ rename -V

rename from util-linux 2.20.1

Download Perl version of rename

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=199949
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Rename

Wow that's so weak!

Thanks....

As mentioned, the "rename" that uses that syntax is actually the prename perl script. It comes standard with the perl package, in Debian-based systems at least, and it's automatically aliaed to rename through the alternatives system.

If you have perl installed on Fedora or another non-debian system, I really want to know if also supplies prename for you too, but just doesn't set it up as the default.

Quote:

Originally Posted by David the H. (Post 4578864)

If you have perl installed on Fedora or another non-debian system, I really want to know if also supplies prename for you too, but just doesn't set it up as the default.

I have perl installed and I had no prename script. I had to download it manually and then move it to /usr/local/bin

Code:

$ locate prename

/home/lisa.bailey/Downloads/prename.txt

/usr/local/bin/prename



$ find / -type f -iname prename* 2>/dev/null

/usr/local/bin/prename

/home/lisa.bailey/Downloads/prename.txt