Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "Tools For Renaming Files In Linux" video.

  1. 7:15 Tip for the find command: start by putting an “echo” as the first word after -exec, so it prints out the command instead of executing it. That helps you ensure it will do the right thing before turning it loose.
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  2. One interesting difference is that “{00..10}” automatically expands to 2-digit numbers with leading zeroes, whereas “seq 00 10” does not; you have to use something like “seq -f%02.0f 0 10”.
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  3. One command I have used a fair bit is mmv. That does its own recognition of shell-style wildcards, substituting them into the output pattern. E.g. mmv -v '*.TXT' '#1.txt' renames files ending with .TXT to corresponding .txt, telling you what it’s renaming as it goes. It also provides the “-n” option, where it shows you what it would do without doing it.
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