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- Short: Powerful prg to rename/manipul filenames
- Author: parsec@aljan.com.au (Erik Spåre)
- Uploader: parsec@aljan.com.au (Erik Spåre)
- Version: 2.1
- Type: util/cli
- Requires: OS 2.0 and above
-
- **********************************************************************
- ** Case 2.1 - Filename Changer - by Erik Spåre (Parsec/Phuture 303) **
- ** Filematching routines by Anders Vedmar (Axehandle/PC303) **
- **********************************************************************
-
- Very powerful program that lets you rename multiple files. Features:
-
- * Recursive pattern matching (no pattern targets all files in current dir)
- * More than 60 recognized extentions.
- * ENV:Caseopts file, where you can, for instance, add more extentions.
- * 5 Different lower/uppercase modes in many variants.
- * 8 extention operations (like add/remove/swap suffix/prefix/extention)
- * 11 string manipulation operations (like remove string, add head/tail)
- * Can handle *all* letters, not only a-z.
- * Direct or indirect renaming mode, won't crash on the ram-disk.
- * 100 percent 68000 assembler (I hope, have only tried it on my 060)
- * Freeware
- * And more...
-
-
- An example... Case -l -t -k -apmod Case -sp -w -ue
-
- MOD.OCEAN_LOADER_FIXED ==> mod.ocean_loader_fixed ==> Ocean_Loader_Fixed.MOD
- Mod.Green beret ==> mod.green_beret ==> Green_Beret.MOD
- mod.CRYSTAL HAMMER ==> mod.crystal_hammer ==> Crystal_Hammer.MOD
- DOC1 ==> mod.doc1 ==> Doc1.MOD
- Hunters_moon ==> mod.hunters_moon ==> Hunters_Moon.MOD
- MOD.SleepWalk ==> mod.sleepwalk ==> Sleepwalk.MOD
- MOD.(((nebulos))) ==> mod.nebulos ==> Nebulos.MOD
- mod.CREAM OF THE EARTH ==> mod.cream_of_the_earth ==> Cream_Of_The_Earth.MOD
- MOD.telephone!!! ==> mod.telephone ==> Telephone.MOD
-
-
- Here's a list of all the options...
-
- The caseing options
-
- -l All Lowercase
- -u All Uppercase
- -w Each new Word uppercase
- -f First letter uppercase
- -c Change cases
- -i Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing
- -I Don't Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing
-
- The extention operations
-
- -a Add specified prefix/suffix/extention
- -r Remove [specified] prefix/suffix/extention
- -C Change [given] pref/suff/ext to specified
- -s Swap prefix and/or suffix
- -E Ignore default extensions [only accept specified]
- -e Only accept default extentions [and specified]
- -L Set new prefix and/or suffix maxlength
- -g Give priority to prefix or suffix
-
- The string manipulation operations
-
- -t Transform spaces to underlines
- -T Transform underlines to spaces
- -d Delete all the spaces [or only specified]
- -D Delete specified strings
- -C Change string 1 to string 2
- -k Keep letters, digits, some more [and specified]
- -K Keep A-Z, digits, some more [and specified]
- -m Mutilate chars with ASCI values exceeding 128 to 45-127
- -a Add head/tail string to filename
- -r Remove head/tail string from filename
- -v Vomit files to PC-format
-
- The remaining options
-
- -D Disable env:caseopts file
- -q Be Quiet (only list errors)
- -n Neglect the directories
- -b Use a buffer when renaming (indirect)
- -B Don't use a buffer when renaming (direct)
- -S Simulate caseing, don't actually rename anything
- ALL To recurse into subdirs.
-
-
- Changes since version 2.0...
-
- ** Renamed almost all options, in a vain attempt to be more
- consequent, and make the names easier to remember.
-
- ** Prefix options that default to operating on extentions, but
- that can be made to operate on only prefixes/suffixes, now accept
- e (for both) as well as the usual p (prefixes only) and s
- (suffixes only)
-
- ** All specified extentions are now added to the list of
- recognized extentions. So if you want to remove the suffix .bla,
- you only need to write -rsbla, and don't worry about whether bla
- is a recognized suffix or not.
-
- ** Any given extention will adjust the extention maxlenght, if
- (and only if) it is exceeded.
-
- ** If a filepattern contains spaces, it now must have single or
- double quotes surrounding it.
-
- ** The delete chars functions are no longer case-sensitive. If you
- want to remove all ö:s, -dö will remove ö:s as well as Ö:s.
-
- ** It is now possible to specify characters to delete on several
- places, without having the previous chars forgotten.
-
- ** If an extention operation is selected, but no extention was
- modified, or even found, Case will now display a little reminder
- that maybe this was because you wanted to process files with
- alien extentions, and maybe you should try the -e option etc. This
- is so you won't think Case is flawed, like even I myself has
- thought several times! So easy to forget...
-
- ** Made an indirect mode to read all the filenames into a
- buffer, and then rename from that. Added the options -b and -B
- to select between direct and indirect mode.
-
- ** Added -ae, add specified extention.
-
- ** Added -r(h|t)<$>, remove head or tail string
-
- ** Added -C"<$>",<$> -- change string one to string two.
-
- ** Added -C<%>[<$>,]<$>, change extentions [from this] to that.
-
- ** Added -S, simulate caseing.
-
- ** Added a new caseing operation, -c, change all cases.
-
- ** Added -m, mutilate ASCII 128-255 into 45-127
-
- ** The -v (vomit) option now turns on -m, and it will no longer
- remove the prefixes by default. You'll have to write -vp if you
- want those removed as well.
-
- ** The caseing operations (-l, -u, -c, -w, -f) will now operate
- on extentions only, if they are followed by p, s or e.
-
- ** A few minor bugs corrected
-
- ** More extentions are recognized...
-
-
- Remember:
-
- "This should be in every man's c-directory"
- /Axehandle.
-
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- 15740 7971 49.3% 21-Dec-97 01:05:08 +case
- 75693 21383 71.7% 21-Dec-97 01:04:48 +case.doc
- 80563 22831 71.6% 21-Dec-97 01:04:40 +case.guide
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