On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 09:48:37PM +1100, luv-main wrote:
FWIW there is rename and there is rename ... on Debian (and Devuan in my case) at least, further information:
TL/DR;
NB: the Debian provided version of rename that comes with perl is a "deprecated program in use:" ... but there is a replacement version (perhaps exactly the same) from a standalone package.
# aptitude show rename Package: rename Version: 0.20-4 State: not installed Priority: optional Section: perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org> Architecture: all Uncompressed Size: 36.9 k Depends: perl Conflicts: libfile-rename-perl Replaces: libfile-rename-perl Provides: libfile-rename-perl Description: Perl extension for renaming multiple files This package provides both a perl interface for renaming files (File::Rename) and a command line tool 'rename' which is intended to replace the version currently supplied by the perl package. Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/File-Rename
$ rename 's/H/J/' 6H9A00* Deprecated program in use: rename as shipped with the Debian perl package will be removed after the release of stretch. Please install the separate 'rename' package which will provide the same command.
$ which rename /usr/bin/rename
$ file /usr/bin/rename /usr/bin/rename: symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/rename
$ ls -lart /etc/alternatives/rename lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 May 12 08:57 /etc/alternatives/rename -> /usr/bin/prename
$ file /usr/bin/prename /usr/bin/prename: Perl script text executable
# apt-get install rename Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: rename 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 12.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 36.9 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 rename all 0.20-4 [12.5 kB] Fetched 12.5 kB in 0s (65.0 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package rename. (Reading database ... 283269 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../archives/rename_0.20-4_all.deb ... Unpacking rename (0.20-4) ... Setting up rename (0.20-4) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/file-rename to provide /usr/bin/rename (rename) in auto mode Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
# which rename /usr/bin/rename
# ls -lart /usr/bin/rename lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 May 12 08:57 /usr/bin/rename -> /etc/alternatives/rename
# ls -lart /etc/alternatives/rename lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Oct 7 21:01 /etc/alternatives/rename -> /usr/bin/file-rename
# file /usr/bin/file-rename /usr/bin/file-rename: Perl script text executable
That's the problem with my proposed solution then (which was almost straight from the man page): Under Slackware:
09:03:07$ file $(type -p rename) /usr/bin/rename: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, stripped
Checked my Ubuntu VM (debian-based): no rename command. Cheers ... Duncan.