C.l6. $Rename - Alter Filenames - Sharp mz-3500 Manual For Use

Section C:
C.l6. $RENAME - Alter Filenames
The program $RENAME enables you to alter filenames.
ties, is has a number of particular features and
various options. With the command interpreter, both
are applicable:
REN or
RENAME
Utility Programs
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$RENAME
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As all other utili-
can be extended by
forms of the command
Both notations of the command have the same effect. When you enter
nothing else but the command name, $RENAME will explain to you precisely
how it is to be called.
There are two ways of using the RENAME command, the first of them being
compatible to CP/M:
RENAME filename.new
=
filename.old
In this mode, you specify the new filename first, followed by an
"equals" sign and the old filename. As many people find this "mathemati-
cal11 notation somewhat circumstantial, $RENAME allows for another way of
calling it:
RENAME filename.old filename.new
where you specify the old filename first, then the new one without an
11 equals" sign between the filenames. Choose the mode you prefer,
But that is not all. $RENAME will accept ambiguous filenames as well.
The command:
RENAME *.COM *,OLD
for instance, will rename all your ",COM' 1 files to the ".OLD" type.
Renaming using ambiguous is performed like this: If a file is found with
a matching filename, all question marks or asterisks specified in the
the RENAME command are substituted by characters from the old filename.
The other characters are taken as specified in the command. If, however,
this would lead to an invalid
filename~
no substitution will take place.
For example, let us assume you have three files:
LONGllll.DAT SHORT.DAT LONG2222.DAT
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