On Wednesday 27 February 2008, Galevsky wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Erik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Amar Cosic skrev:
> >
> >  emerge kde-misc/krename and see if it is useful to you.
>
> emerging extra stuff just for a very simple mv or rename ? Oh my God
> .....

The download is 82kB.
The build is < 30 seconds

I shudder to think of the number of times I've written a script to do 
exactly this job, how many times I've seen this exact question on many 
mailing lists and the sheer frustration of dealing with all the edge 
cases. THIS emerge is infinitely cheaper than other way to do the same 
job.

And it's not A rename the OP wants to do - check the thread title

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