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bmn__
on April 13, 2020
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Renaming files with mv without typing the name two...
`prename` is a thing; much more ergonomic than the solution in the article:
$ prename '$_=lc; s/jpeg/jpg/' IMG0001.jpeg ### IMG0001.jpeg → img0001.jpg
This is probably the most reimplemented program I use, seven times last time I counted.
shawnz
on April 13, 2020
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This doesn't seem more ergonomic to me, and also it is not the same solution (OP also inserted a dash in the filename)
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