7 Oct
2020
7 Oct
'20
3:22 p.m.
George Michaelson <ggm(a)algebras.org> wrote:
Possibly wrongly, I judge glob by things like how
simple it is, to use
it doing "rename *.foo to *.bar" or "find filenames with spaces in
them, and rename to be - separated"
The problem typically is shell expansion. Those damn quoted quotes.
I think set noglob; <do things>; set glob is often under-appreciated.
I often use a
find ... | sed 's/whatever/mv & other/' | sh -x
for fancy things like that. If I'm doing the same operation a lot,
I wrap it in a script.
HTH,
Arnold