Package: rename Version: 2.01-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
I tried to rename a bunch of files using `rename`/`file-rename`. I checked carefully that both names point to the same program. Since I wasn't sure about the correctness of renaming rule, I **appended** the switch `--nono`. So, the final command I executed was `rename 's/.*(S\d\d)_(E\d\d).*/$1$2$_/' --nono *`. Unfortunately, this directly renamed all files! If I move `--nono` before the pattern, everything behaves as expected: `rename --nono 's/.*(S\d\d)_(E\d\d).*/$1$2$_/' *` The man page does not point out this behaviour as well. According to the man page, giving `--nono` will stop `file-rename` to apply any changes. In particular it is not mentioned that `--nono` must be given as first argument and will have no effect otherwise. I find this behaviour highly dangerous and it deleted some important files I need to dig out from my backups now. I think the preferred fix would be make `--nono` work regardless of its position. A less favourable improvement could be to explicitly mention the behaviour in the man page. Thank you very much. Regards Max Görner -- System Information: Debian Release: 12.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.2.8+ (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de:en_GB Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages rename depends on: ii perl 5.36.0-7 rename recommends no packages. rename suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
