Is there already a file named 1 in the parent directory? ----- Sent from my wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Jordan Peacock <hewhocutsdown at gmail.com> To: Stuart, Joseph CC: tclug-list at mn-linux.org <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Fri Mar 21 20:05:12 2008 Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Renaming a folder with a different character set I don't think it realizes it is a folder: root at jubuntu:/media/Jrobo/03 - Tagged, Listened, Unsorted# for i in ./*; do mv $i 1; done mv: target `1' is not a directory I'm assuming you meant run that from the parent directory of the mystery directory. On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Stuart, Joseph <Joseph.Stuart at capella.edu> wrote: Is this the only folder in the dir? If so Cd to dir for i in ./*; do mv $i 1; done ----- Sent from my wireless device -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org <tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org> To: Dean E <dean at ripperd.com> CC: Twin Cities Linux User's Group <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Fri Mar 21 19:53:30 2008 Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Renaming a folder with a different character set Sorry, not a programmer, all I can muster is pseudo-code myself! *laughs* Got a shell script? On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Dean E <dean at ripperd.com> wrote: And if tab-completion can't grab it yet, try something like this pseudo code in C or perl: int i=1 for each $folder in $currentworkingdir{ rename $folder $i i++ } I think that will grab them without ever knowing their original names, and rename the folders to 1,2,3,4, etc. Elvedin Trnjanin wrote: > Open up command line (terminal) and change directory to where that > directory or file is located. Type in "mv 2006***press tab button > here*** newname" where ***press tab button here*** means you actually > press the tab button (once or twice) for tab name completion. > > Jordan Peacock wrote: >> I'm not 100% sure how this folder arrived on my doorstep, but I'm >> having some problems with it. As you can see in the screenshot, the >> name is pretty bizarre, and once I click on the folder (i know it's >> supposed to be a folder) it disappears. Attempting to move it or >> rename it using the command line have failed so far. >> >> Any ideas? There are files inside that folder that I need. >> >> Thank you >> >> -- >> Jordan Peacock >> hewhocutsdown at gmail.com <mailto:hewhocutsdown at gmail.com> >> hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com <http://hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jordan Peacock hewhocutsdown at gmail.com hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com -- Jordan Peacock hewhocutsdown at gmail.com hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20080321/4e617ff6/attachment-0001.htm