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From: will@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (William Chou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Command sequence help needed...
Summary: An Easier Way To Rename Files
Message-ID: <1990Jun9.171134.6725@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 9 Jun 90 17:11:34 GMT
References: <2500@orbit.cts.com> <191@cbmger.UUCP> <417@icebox.nsc.com>
Reply-To: will@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (William Chou)
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <417@icebox.nsc.com> waggoner@icebox.UUCP (Mark Waggoner) writes:
>Not sure about the quoting here, but it's non-controversial:
>
>In article <191@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>>In article <2500@orbit.cts.com> koleman@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Kurt Koller) writes:
>>>Hi, I'm trying to write a command sequence that will rename single frames saved
>>>from a deluxepaint animation so they can be loaded and compressed by SA4D.
>>>Dpaint saves each frame as framename001 framename002, etc...   SA4D needs
>>>framename.001.image framename.002.image, etc...
>>>
>>>So, I want to make a command "chanim" that will take as arguments the name
>>>of the anim and the number of frames, and convert the names.  The looping works
>
>conventional "execute" script deleted
>
>>There is no other way,  you must build an own batch file that will contain
>>all those rename statements. You may do this via excessive use of echo
>...
>>Hope that will help you,
>>Regards, Dr. Peter Kittel
>
>Since you are using a conventional execute script, I assume you don't
>have ARexx.  If you did, however, this would be fairly easy....
>The following code has not been tested in any way and is not the most
>generic implementation, but you can get the idea.
>
>/* Rename  DP files for SA */
>parse arg basename count
>do i = 1 to count
>  'RENAME' basename || i || ' TO ' || basename || '.' || count || '.image'
>end
>exit
>
>
>
>-- 
>Mark Waggoner  Santa Clara, CA    (408) 721-6306         waggoner@dtg.nsc.com 
> Unofficially representing National Semiconductor Local Area Networks Group
>                   Officially misrepresenting myself.

   An easier way to rename multiple files is to use ARP's move command.
		Just    Move  framename*  framename.*.image


   The wildcard can be used as a variable to hold a string, kindof.
	Something that I wish the UNIX version had!
		(Just say no to shell scripts! :-)

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