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   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 9/19/25 3:51 PM, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:   
   > On 2025-09-17 10:08 AM, Alan K. wrote:   
   >> Interesting examples of what can be done in bash, but why?   
   >> I mean gprename or bulky are usually always available and have so many   
   >> more uses.   
   >   
   > Well, I just discovered that GPRENAME will NOT work on my external HDD,   
   > seems it can't even detect it. I needed to rename over a dozen files and   
   > this script did the job while GPRENAME could not.   
   It has issues with some . folders too.   It has it quirks.   
      
      
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