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author | Jason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-08-19 10:13:38 +0000 |
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committer | Jason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-08-19 10:13:38 +0000 |
commit | 14856225739aa48b6c9cf4c17925362b2d95cea3 (patch) | |
tree | dfd38f1b654fb5bbdfc38887c1a829b658e71530 /gnu/usr.bin/perl/eg/rename | |
parent | 77469082517e44fe6ca347d9e8dc7dffd1583637 (diff) |
Import of Perl 5.003 into the tree. Makefile.bsd-wrapper and
config.sh.OpenBSD are the only local changes.
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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/eg/rename b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/eg/rename new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7dd0591b8f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/eg/rename @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +#!/usr/bin/perl +'di'; +'ig00'; +# +# $RCSfile: rename,v $$Revision: 1.1 $$Date: 1996/08/19 10:11:54 $ +# +# $Log: rename,v $ +# Revision 1.1 1996/08/19 10:11:54 downsj +# Initial revision +# + +($op = shift) || die "Usage: rename perlexpr [filenames]\n"; +if (!@ARGV) { + @ARGV = <STDIN>; + chop(@ARGV); +} +for (@ARGV) { + $was = $_; + eval $op; + die $@ if $@; + rename($was,$_) unless $was eq $_; +} +############################################################################## + + # These next few lines are legal in both Perl and nroff. + +.00; # finish .ig + +'di \" finish diversion--previous line must be blank +.nr nl 0-1 \" fake up transition to first page again +.nr % 0 \" start at page 1 +';<<'.ex'; #__END__ ############# From here on it's a standard manual page ############ +.TH RENAME 1 "July 30, 1990" +.AT 3 +.SH NAME +rename \- renames multiple files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B rename perlexpr [files] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Rename +renames the filenames supplied according to the rule specified as the +first argument. +The argument is a Perl expression which is expected to modify the $_ +string in Perl for at least some of the filenames specified. +If a given filename is not modified by the expression, it will not be +renamed. +If no filenames are given on the command line, filenames will be read +via standard input. +.PP +For example, to rename all files matching *.bak to strip the extension, +you might say +.nf + + rename 's/\e.bak$//' *.bak + +.fi +To translate uppercase names to lower, you'd use +.nf + + rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' * + +.fi +.SH ENVIRONMENT +No environment variables are used. +.SH FILES +.SH AUTHOR +Larry Wall +.SH "SEE ALSO" +mv(1) +.br +perl(1) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +If you give an invalid Perl expression you'll get a syntax error. +.SH BUGS +.I Rename +does not check for the existence of target filenames, so use with care. +.ex |