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FS#25004 - a better 'rename' command

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Felix (thetrivialstuff) - Sunday, 03 July 2011, 22:07 GMT
Last edited by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Friday, 15 July 2011, 21:21 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
The rename command included in util-linux-ng is dangerous because it has no interactive mode, and no "do not overwrite existing files" option. It also has no "show me what would be done", so there is no way to check in advance whether files will be clobbered or whether you've got your renaming logic exactly right -- you just have to be very careful and very sure of your parameters.

There is a much better/safer version available in the community/perl-rename package; I would like to see that as Arch's default rename command.
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Closed by  Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Friday, 15 July 2011, 21:21 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Friday, 15 July 2011, 21:21 GMT
Long answer: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The_Arch_Way - we follow the upstream defaults. If you don't like something, you can modify your own system the way you want it.

Short answer: No.

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