rename appears useless in Ubuntu

[anthony baldwin]

Sylphid wrote:
> On Wed, 06 May 2009 21:57:08 -0400
> anthony baldwin <baldwinlinguas at gmail.com> wrote:

>>
> 
> 
> Try this instead
> 
> rename 's/\ /_/g' *.pdf
> 
> I'm not sure how rename functions in PCLinuxOS but ubuntu uses perlexpr, the rename man page has examples of this.
> 
> 

I did exactly that, with my loop, and stuck it in /usr/local/bin as 
"nospace", which is what I had done in PCLOS, with the "real" rename 
(not prename).
Of course, now I know I could have used my original script, and just 
renamed rename to rename.ul...

thanks!
tony

<ot-rant>man...how am I ever to get any work done, while on this list...
anyone else have a problem with this?  too much fun "conversing" about 
ubuntu, too many messages...and I'm supposed to be translating French 
software manuals...doh...</ot-rant>

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