[gentoo-user] Renaming files with those pesky picture type characters.

2024-10-29 Thread Dale
Howdy, I downloaded some files.  I have a few that have some weird names.  Some have those picture type characters.  Some start with a dash, "-".  In some cases I can use wild cards to change them.  Frank gave me some ideas on that off list, while discussing his nifty checksum tool.  Anyway, I ran

Re: [gentoo-user] Renaming files with those pesky picture type characters.

2024-10-29 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Tuesday 29 October 2024 16:18:21 GMT Dale wrote: >> Michael wrote: >>> In a terminal running bash you can try: >>> >>> mv ./-ne.avi newname.avi >>> >>> or use a double dash to indicate end of options for the preceding command: >>> >>> mv -- -ne.avi newname.avi >>> >>> For a GUI-

Re: [gentoo-user] Renaming files with those pesky picture type characters.

2024-10-29 Thread Michael
On Tuesday 29 October 2024 16:18:21 GMT Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: > > In a terminal running bash you can try: > > > > mv ./-ne.avi newname.avi > > > > or use a double dash to indicate end of options for the preceding command: > > > > mv -- -ne.avi newname.avi > > > > For a GUI-fied applicat

Re: [gentoo-user] Renaming files with those pesky picture type characters.

2024-10-29 Thread Michael
On Tuesday 29 October 2024 15:18:40 GMT Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I downloaded some files. I have a few that have some weird names. Some > have those picture type characters. Some start with a dash, "-". In > some cases I can use wild cards to change them. Frank gave me some > ideas on that of

Re: [gentoo-user] Renaming files with those pesky picture type characters.

2024-10-29 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Tuesday 29 October 2024 15:18:40 GMT Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I downloaded some files. I have a few that have some weird names. Some >> have those picture type characters. Some start with a dash, "-". In >> some cases I can use wild cards to change them. Frank gave me so

Re: [gentoo-user] Renaming files with those pesky picture type characters.

2024-10-29 Thread Eli Schwartz
On 10/29/24 2:05 PM, Dale wrote: > I saw that but never understood what it did. I thought it was > something that worked just with revdep-rebuild or something. So it > is a bash thing. Interesting. That could open a can of worms. It's not a bash thing. It is a software thing. It is mandated by