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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20080321/48ee5f48/attachment-0001.htm