Hi On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Dat Head wrote: > 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
This is not a Cygwin problem. Unix tools usually interpret an argument starting with a dash as options: csabaraduly@ubu:/tmp/ren $ uname -a Linux ubu 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 15 01:58:42 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux csabaraduly@ubu:/tmp/ren $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS \n \l csabaraduly@ubu:/tmp/ren $ ls -l *-fixed.flac -rw-rw-r-- 1 csabaraduly csabaraduly 0 Sep 4 10:42 a-fixed.flac -rw-rw-r-- 1 csabaraduly csabaraduly 0 Sep 4 10:42 b-fixed.flac csabaraduly@ubu:/tmp/ren $ rename '-fixed' '' *-fixed.flac Unknown option: i Unknown option: x Unknown option: e Unknown option: d Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] Marco already showed how to stop an argument with a leading dash from being treated as options. Csaba -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers. Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- 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
