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I don't know if this will be of interest, but I figure being able to do
mass-renames of files in a folder can be a great time-saver on occasion
and this utility will do that.

It was written by a Python guru named Mike Elliot. I'm using it on a linux
system but I guess it can be run in windows with the Python interpreter.

The only thing I could find in linux was kfilereplace, which is junk,
whereas this little program is very snappy.

If you want to try it, get it from ftp:

server: ftp://eelbash.yi.org
user: eichen
password: anything

It's in a folder called 'names'. There are two files, init.ini, and the
python program, renfiles. Set up the ini file the way you want it and look
at the comments. It should be clear as to how to run it.


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In article <20070326195427.yF7bsVq40hcz@anonymous.poster>
admin@eelbash.yi.org wrote:
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> I don't know if this will be of interest, but I figure being able to do
> mass-renames of files in a folder can be a great time-saver on occasion
> and this utility will do that.

If you could maybe enlighten us as to how a rename utility is on
topic in a group about anonymity?

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Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer <anonymous@remailer.cyberiade.it> wrote:

> In article <20070326195427.yF7bsVq40hcz@anonymous.poster>
> admin@eelbash.yi.org wrote: 
>
> If you could maybe enlighten us as to how a rename utility is on
> topic in a group about anonymity?

When he's done with that, maybe he could enlighten us as to what it
is that makes him think underscores and dashes are "shell unfriendly"
characters, and why he decided a file naming utility that completely
hoses files with certain patterns of those characters is a useful
utility.

Check it out. It's even more whack than your usual Eeldork crap.
Completely unusable even if it did work. You have to edit a XXXXing
"ini" file every time you want to rename something.

No, I'm NOT kidding.

76 lines of Python and a static config file to completely screw up a
task you can accomplish with a couple lines of bash script. A single
line if you want to get cute about it.

>

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On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:06:32 +0200, Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer wrote:

> In article <20070326195427.yF7bsVq40hcz@anonymous.poster>
> admin@eelbash.yi.org wrote: 
>
> If you could maybe enlighten us as to how a rename utility is on
> topic in a group about anonymity?

Isn't it obvious? 5000 files with names that begin: my_plans_to_kill_bush
are changed to begin with: god_bless_america. Would you like to rename
them manually?

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In article < a02b350053a7b51752606c5b5f6bde49@remaile
r.cyberiade.it>,
anonymous@remailer.cyberiade.it says...
>
>
>On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:06:32 +0200, Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer wrote:
> 
>
>Isn't it obvious? 5000 files with names that begin: my_plans_to_kill_bush
>are changed to begin with: god_bless_america. Would you like to rename
>them manually?
>
Simmer down, everybody. There is a very nice and simple program called
"AS5.EXE" that renames files. Easiest thing in the world. I think it's
freeware. I use it often, mostly for renaming digital photos. It allows you
to change the name and the sequence, i.e., OldPic5642.jpg to
NewPic01.jpg,..02.jpg, etc.

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In article < 7f64cf2a7cdea0dcb1069b9b8d6e353e@remaile
r.cyberiade.it>,
anonymous@remailer.cyberiade.it says...
>
>
>In article <20070326195427.yF7bsVq40hcz@anonymous.poster>
>admin@eelbash.yi.org wrote: 
>
>If you could maybe enlighten us as to how a rename utility is on
>topic in a group about anonymity?
>
Simple. Revealing names can be changed to innocuous ones, e.g.,
MyNudeGirl.jpg to MyCat.jpg.

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On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:30:31 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote:

> accomplish with a couple lines of bash script. A single
> line if you want to get cute about it.

Examples?

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On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:30:31 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote:

> Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer <anonymous@remailer.cyberiade.it> wrote:
>
> a file naming utility that completely
> hoses files with certain patterns of those characters

Proof?

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Anonymous Sender <anonymous@remailer.metacolo.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:30:31 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote:
> 
>
> Examples?

Would have already been provided to a normal human being along with
some suggestions on how to fix the problem.

Since we're talking about a cretin  whose done nothing but try to anal
rape privacy and anonymity... Go fish.

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I'm pleased to hear that a file name replacement utility can be created
with one or two lines of code. Amazing. But until that has been revealed
to the world, I thought I'd continue with the utility written by the
python guru and added to by me.

I created a simple set of prompts that make editing the ini file simpler
and which save the entries from one use to the next.

You can download the Python program, renfiles, and the ini file, init.ini,
from ftp:

ftp://eelbash.yi.org
user: eichen
password: anything

Put the two modules in the same directory, and then type in the path to
renfiles at a command prompt.

Let me know how it goes.


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