Cygwin 1.7.30-1 $ ls -l *-fixed.flac -rw-r--r-- 1 foo None 0 Sep 1 13:47 a-fixed.flac -rw-r--r-- 1 foo None 0 Sep 1 13:47 b-fixed.flac
$ rename '-fixed' '' *-fixed.flac rename: unknown option -- f Usage: rename [options] expression replacement file... Options: -v, --verbose explain what is being done -V, --version output version information and exit -h, --help display this help and exit escaping dash with backslash doesn't work either. this used to work in a MUCH older version of cygwin. I tried to get a newer version in util-linux to compile but ran into a lot of troubles. i also saw some notes that some cyg-specific items were removed from newer util-linux which is why maybe it hasn't been upgraded? also of note is rename works fine in redhat5/6 because they use util-linux-ng $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1 frog2 1.7.30(0.272/5/3) 2014-05-23 10:36 x86_64 Cygwin $ rename -V rename from util-linux 2.21.2 I had to write a cheap sed script to get me by for now but it isn't very robust, but does what I need it to -- "Ethics cannot spring from laws as you think, Moral is something you feel" - Anders Osborne -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
