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User Commands  - changen (1)

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NAME

changen(1f) - [FILE EDIT] replace old fixed string with new fixed string in names of files (LICENSE:PD)

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Options
Example
Author
License

SYNOPSIS

combinations:

   changen [ -dryrun][ -cmd COMMAND] old new  FILENAMES
    or
   changen  --version| --help

DESCRIPTION

Given an old and new string and a list of filenames replace all occurrences of the original string with the new string in the filenames.

OPTIONS

old,new
	change occurrences of old string to new string in filenames. Trailing spaces are ignored.
FILENAMES
	names of files to rename. default is "*old".
-dryrun
	write the commands to stdout instead of executing them
-verbose
	echo the commands to be executed
-cmd COMMAND
	change command from "mv -i" to specified command name
--help	display this help and exit
--version
	output version information and exit

EXAMPLE

Sample commands:

   # change all files with .f90 in their name to names ending in .F90
   changen .f90 .F90 *.f90
   # copy all files with .f90 in their name to names ending in .F90
   changen .f90 .F90 *.f90 -cmd cp

AUTHOR

John S. Urban

LICENSE

Public Domain

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Nemo Release 3.1

changen (1)

June 29, 2025

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