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***************************************************************************** ** Case 2.2 - Filename Changer - by Erik Spσre (Parsec/Phuture 303) 980127 ** ** Filematching routines by Anders Vedmar (Axehandle/PC303) ** ***************************************************************************** A POEM A good night. A good night for nothing, indeed. Tonight nothing will happen, here I can code alone, no one will disturb me. Here I can code in peace and await my own dear death. Here I can sit and think of the world, as if I was a part of it, as if I meant something to somebody else. As if there was a meaning with this short and boring life. (Originally in Swedish by Gunnar Lundkvist. Slightly modified.) EXCITING BACKGROUND STORY One day, when I was removing all uppercases (by hand) from a few hundred modules on my harddrive, I thought to myself (constantly): "Why haven't someone made a utility for this?" I can't be the only person to dislike long lists of filenames, some uppercase, some lowercase, and some a little of both. I decided to do the world a favour, I started to code on Case... WHAT CAN CASE DO FOR YOU? Compare these two lists... MOD.OCEAN_LOADER_FIXED mod.ocean_loader_fixed Mod.Green beret mod.green_beret mod.CRYSTAL HAMMER mod.crystal_hammer DOC1 mod.doc1 Hunters_moon mod.hunters_moon MOD.SleepWalk mod.sleepwalk MOD.(((nebulos))) mod.nebulos mod.CREAM OF THE EARTH mod.cream_of_the_earth MOD.telephone!!! mod.telephone If you prefer the left one, or don't care, then this is not a utility for you. (Maybe you are one of those who chat with capital letters...) You must be a little of a perfectionist, or a design-freak, to understand why the left list is so *revaulting* In this case I used the following options to produce the right list: Case -l -t -k -apmod modules:old/#? -l to make all chars lowercase, -t to transform the spaces to underlines, -k to keep only the letters and numbers (thus removing '(' and '!') and -apmod to Add the Prefix mod (if it isn't there already). If you can see my point, but don't like the right list either, then don't worry -- there is probably one or more options that is more suitable to your taste... REQUIREMENTS OS2.04 or above (because of the filematching routines). CASE IS... 100 % assembler Freeware REMEMBER... "This should be in every man's c-directory." / Axehandle. MORE USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT CASE Usage: Case -<OPTIONS> [<FILEPATTERN>] [ALL] The options you specify must all start with the minus sign. If there is an argument given after the option there must be NO spaces between them. If there's several strings that can be given, use comma to separate them. Still no spaces. Everything that is written after the last -option and before the optional 'all' (to recurse) is assumed to be the filename/ filepattern. If you don't write a file specification, #? (or *) will be used. Recognized as lowercase letters (thus possible to uppercase): abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzαßΓπΣσµτΦΘΩδ∞φε∩≡±≥≤⌠⌡÷°∙·√ⁿ² Recognized as uppercase letters (and possible to lowercase): ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ└┴┬├─┼╞╟╚╔╩╦╠═╬╧╨╤╥╙╘╒╓╪┘┌█▄▌ And just recognized as a letter (not possible to lowercase): ▀ LIST OF OPTIONS Here are all the options. They are sorted in four categories. They will be explained in detail later. The caseing options -l All Lowercase -u All Uppercase -c Change cases -w Each new Word uppercase -f First letter uppercase -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. As a rule, if an option can be either on or off, the negative form will be an uppercased letter, and the positive a lowercased. HOW CASE WORKS, ORDER OF EXECUTION... If Case is in indirect mode (which it is unless you use the -B option) all matching files will be read to a buffer. If it is in indirect mode, one matching file at a time will be cased. First the -C" option will be called. (Change strings) Then the -m option (mutilate). At this point, all found extentions will be stripped from the filename, if this has not been disabled somehow. Most of the options will not be given a chance to operate on the extentions from now on, unless, of course, the option is only intended for extentions. The -l/u/f/w/c options are called. These may or may not affect the extentions, depending on the settings. Note that the extention specific variants of these options are not executed now. The -d option (delete spaces and/or specified chars) The -D option (delete strings). Next out is the -k (keep only letters and specified) or -K option (keep only a-z and specified); only one of these can be called per session, for obvious reasons... Now the filetype will be checked: is it a file or a directory? If it's a directory, the following options will be skipped... The -C<%> option (change extention) The -r option (remove extention or head/tail string). Note that this means that head/tail strings cannot be removed from directory names. The -a option (add extention or head/tail string). Again, this means that head/tail strings cannot be added to directory names. The -s option (swap prefix and/or suffix) And finally the extention specific variants of the -l/u/f/w/c options are called. Now when the extention-specific operations have been performed there's only one more operation left to do on both files and directories. It's the -v option (vomit files to PC format). Note that most of what this option does has already been done, since it turns on a bunch of other options. The only thing it does now is to truncate the name and/or any recognized extentions. Finally all the extentions and head/tail strings are merged into one single name. First I copy any found/added prefix, then add a header string if that was desired (so no other options have actually a chance to affect the header string you specified). Directly after this the possibly modified filename, followed by a tailstring (same thing with this) and the suffix. If the resulting filename differs from the source filename, the file is renamed unless it's too long. THE ENV:CASEOPTS FILE Before Case starts to interprete the commandline, it will try to load env:caseopts. If this file is found its contents are interpreted just as the argument-line's are. RECOGNIZED EXTENTIONS Graphics extentions qt avi, brs, iff, gif, jpg, mpg, raw anim, ilbm, jpeg Music extentions xm med, mod, mp3, p61, s3m symmod Archive-related extentions gz, pp arc, arj, bz2, dms, lha, lzx, tar, xpk, zip, zoo, tgz, lzh gzip Programming-related extentions c, E, i, o, s asm, c++, cpp, obj rexx Text-related extentions pi bbs, diz, doc, htm, lst, man, nfo, tex, txt html, text amiga, guide readme displayme Misc extentions bin, dat, env, exe info prefs I couldn't think of any more... If you miss one, then complain to me and/or add it in the env:caseopts file with -e<extention>. SYMBOLS USED IN THE SYNTAX [] Everything within brackets are optional. (h|t) Write either 'h' (for header string) or 't' (for tail string). <%> Short form for (s|p|e) (or (S|P|E), it doesn't matter), an extention specification. Use 's' (suffix), 'p' (prefix) or 'e' for both. <c> Means a character. For example 'p' or '!' <c>.. Means one or more characters, a = 'a' or abc = 'a','b','c' <$> Means a string. You usually don't have to enclose a string with single or double quotes, but sometimes it's a must. If you start it with a double quote, you must end it with a double quote. Same thing with single quotes. Valid strings: ab (ab), "1,3" (1,3), '# %' (# %), "'o'" ('o'), '/"\' (/"\), rab" (rab") Invalid strings: "hm' 'bla oof, """ '"'"' <$>,.. Means that you must specify one or more strings, separated by commas. This is ok: "rab",'oof' and Case would interpretate it as the two strings rab and oof. <#> Denotes ONE digit, 1-9. I call a prefix something that precedes the filename with a dot, for instance mod.#? I call a suffix something that follows the filename with a dot, for instance #?.txt When I say extention I mean either a prefix or a suffix. ********************************************************************** ** THE CASING OPTIONS ** ** (l, u, c, w, f, i, I) ** ********************************************************************** -l NAME All lowercase SYNTAX -l[<%>] ARGUMENTS Give an extention specification if you only want this operation to affect prefixes and/or suffixes. TASK Lowercase all the characters in a filename and/or its extentions. FUNCTION All the names that match will be lowercased, including their prefixes and suffixes. If you don't want the extensions to be affected by this operation, use the -i option. AFFECTS u, w, f, c, I, i u (All uppercase) -- Turned off w (Each new word uppercase) -- Turned off f (First letter uppercase) -- Turned off c (Change cases) -- Turned off i(*)(Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing) -- turned off. Use this in conjunction with the -l option to perform the operation on the filename only. I(*)(Don't Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing) -- on. This is so that the extentions won't be stripped off the filename, before the caseing starts (as they are when the -w and -f options are executed). (*) The -I and -i options are not touched when this mode is started as an extention operation only. EXAMPLE 1 Case -l "mOd.DeT_VAR_en.PP" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "mod.det_var_en.pp" EXAMPLE 2 Case -le "mOd.DeT_VAR_en.PP" Target ^^^ ^^ Result "mod.DeT_VAR_en.pp" -u NAME All uppercase SYNTAX -u[<%>] ARGUMENTS Give an extention specification if you only want this operation to affect prefixes and/or suffixes. TASK Uppercase all the characters in a filename and/or its extentions. FUNCTION All the names that match will be uppercased, including their prefixes and suffixes. If you don't want the extensions to be affected by this operation, use the -i option. AFFECTS u, w, f, c, I, i u (All uppercase) -- Turned off w (Each new word uppercase) -- Turned off f (First letter uppercase) -- Turned off c (Change cases) -- Turned off i(*)(Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing) -- turned off. Use this in conjunction with the -u option to perform the operation on the filename only. I(*)(Don't Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing) -- on. This is so that the extentions won't be stripped off the filename, before the caseing starts (As they are when the -w and -f options are executed). (*) The -I and -i options are not touched when this mode is started as an extention operation. EXAMPLE 1 Case -u "mOd.Ensam_GNU.pp" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "MOD.ENSAM_GNU.PP" EXAMPLE 2 Case -up "mOd.Ensam_GNU.pp" Target ^^^ Result "MOD.Ensam_GNU.pp" -c NAME Change cases SYNTAX -c[<%>] ARGUMENTS Give an extention specification if you only want this operation to affect prefixes and/or suffixes. TASK Change cases on the characters in a filename and/or its extentions. FUNCTION All the names that match will change cases, including the prefixes and suffixes. If you don't want the extensions to be affected by this operation, use the -i option. AFFECTS l, u, w, f, I, i l (All lowercase) -- Turned off u (All uppercase) -- Turned off w (Each new word uppercase) -- Turned off f (First letter uppercase) -- Turned off i(*)(Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing) -- turned off. Use this in conjunction with the -c option to perform the operation on the filename only. I(*)(Don't Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing) -- on. This is so that the extentions won't be stripped off the filename, before the caseing starts (As they are when the -w and -f options are executed). (*) The -I and -i options are not touched when this mode is started as an extention operation. EXAMPLE 1 Case -c "mOd.Ensam_GNU.pp" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "MoD.eNSAM_gnu.PP" EXAMPLE 2 Case -ce "mOd.Ensam_GNU.pp" Target ^^^ ^^ Result "MoD.Ensam_GNU.PP" -w NAME Each new word uppercase SYNTAX -w[<%>] ARGUMENTS Give an extention specification if you only want this operation to affect prefixes and/or suffixes. TASK Uppercase the first letter in the filename's (and/or its extentions) every word, lowercase the rest. FUNCTION Every matching file will be stripped from its extensions, the remaining part will then be cased. The first letter in every word will be uppercased, all the other lowercased. New words are distinguished by a non-letter e.g a space, underscore, digit, questionmark etc (Characters not in the "recognized letters" list). The extentions are by default not affected. AFFECTS l, u, f, c, i, I l (All lowercase) -- Turned off u (All uppercase) -- Turned off f (First letter uppercase) -- Turned off c (Change cases) -- Turned off i(*)(Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing) -- Turned on. This is so that the extentions will be stripped from the filename (when they are not ignored they remain with it), before the caseing starts. It looks (in my opinion) ugly when the extentions are treated as a word, and cased... I(*)(Don't Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing) -- off. The extentions are by default not included in the -w casing; if you want them to be, use this option. (*) The -I and -i options are not touched when this mode is started as an extention operation. EXAMPLE 1 Case -w "mod.lo!in_this222i am.pp" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "mod.Lo!In_This222I Am.pp" EXAMPLE 2 Case -ws "mod.lo!in_this222i am.pP" Target ^^ Result "mod.lo!in_this222i am.Pp" -f NAME First letter uppercase SYNTAX -f[<%>] ARGUMENTS Give an extention specification if you only want this operation to affect prefixes and/or suffixes. TASK Uppercase the first found letter in the filename (and/or its extentions), lowercase the rest. FUNCTION Every matching file will be stripped from its extensions, the remaning part will then be cased. The first letter found will be uppercased, all the other lowercased. The extentions are by default not affected. AFFECTS l, u, w, c, i, I l (All lowercase) -- Turned off u (All uppercase) -- Turned off w (Each new word uppercase) -- Turned off c (Change cases) -- Turned off i(*)(Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing) -- Turned on. This is so that the extentions will be stripped from the filename (when they are not ignored they remain with it), before the caseing starts. It looks (in my opinion) ugly when the extentions are treated as a word, and cased... I(*)(Don't Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing) -- off. The extentions are by default not included in the -w casing; if you want them to be, use this option. (*) The -I and -i options are not touched when this mode is started as an extention operation. EXAMPLE 1 Case -f "mod.lO!In_This222I Am.pp" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "mod.Lo!in_this222i am.pp" EXAMPLE 2 Case -fp "mOd.lO!In_This222I Am.pp" Target ^^^ Result "Mod.lO!In_This222I Am.pp" -i NAME Ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing SYNTAX -i[<%>] ARGUMENTS s Ignore suffixes only. p Ignore prefixes only. e or -i alone ignores both the suffixes and prefixes. TASK To tell the -l/u/c options what to operate on. FUNCTION The -i option is _only_ useful in conjunction with the -l/u/c options. When you use -i it will force the casing operations to operate on only the filename (and one extention, if requested). If you don't like the default fact that the -l/u/c options case the whole filenames, with extentions, use -i. AFFECTS l, u, c, I l (All lowercase) -- Will cause the -l casing to be conducted on only the filename (and possibly one extention). u (All uppercase) -- As above. c (Change cases) -- As above. I (Don't ignore suffix and/or prefix) -- Turned off. EXAMPLE 1 Case -i -l "MOD.INTO_PERSONA1.PP" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "MOD.into_persona1.PP" EXAMPLE 2 Case -ip -l "MOD.INTO_PERSONA1.PP" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "MOD.into_persona1.pp" EXAMPLE 3 Case -is -u "mod.into_persona1.pp" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "MOD.INTO_PERSONA1.pp" -I NAME Don't ignore suffix and/or prefix when caseing SYNTAX -I[<%>] ARGUMENTS s Don't ignore suffixes. p Don't ignore prefixes. e or -I alone will make sure that neither suffix nor prefix will be ignored. TASK To tell the -f/w options what to operate on. FUNCTION The -I option is, _only_ useful in conjunction with the -w/f options. When you use -I it will force the casing operations to operate on the filename, the prefix (-I, -IE or -IP) and/or the suffix (-I, -IE or -IS). If you don't like the default values of the w/f options, use -I. AFFECTS w, f, i w (Each new word uppercase) -- The extentions will be treated just as the filename, and the caseing thus conducted on the whole (or part of the whole, depending on the -I setting). f (First letter uppercase) -- As above. i (Ignore suffix and/or prefix) -- Turned off. EXAMPLE 1 Case -IE -w "MOD.TEARS_OF_THE_FOREST.PP" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "Mod.Tears_Of_The_Forest.Pp" EXAMPLE 2 Case -Ip -f "MOD.TEARS_OF_THE_FOREST.PP" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "Mod.tears_of_the_forest.PP" EXAMPLE 3 Case -Is -w "MOD.TEARS_OF_THE_FOREST.PP" Target ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Result "MOD.Tears_Of_The_Forest.Pp" ********************************************************************** ** THE EXTENTION OPERATIONS ** ** (a, r, C, s, E, e, L, g) ** ********************************************************************** -a NAME Add specified prefix/suffix/extention SYNTAX -a<%><$> ARGUMENTS p Add prefix s Add suffix e Add extention <$> Directly after the -a<%> (no space) is the name of the prefix/suffix/extention to add. TASK To add an extention to the filename FUNCTION The extention will be added to a name, if it does not exist already. If it does exist, but not exactly as specified, the extention name will be adjusted. Meaning, if you add `mod' and a name contains the prefix `MOD' it is renamed to the desired `mod'. NOTE The specified extention will be added to the list of recognized extentions. If you use this option with -E it will not be recognized. AFFECTS L (Set new prefix and/or suffix maxlength) -- The extention options will change the maximum allowed length of an extention _if_ a specified one's length exceeds the current maxlength. Remember that the -L option is only used when the -e option is turned off (which it isn't unless you disable it by -E) EXAMPLES Case -apmod "mahlzeit" => "mod.mahlzeit" Case -apmOd "mod.mahlzeit" => "mOd.mahlzeit" Case -apmod "npu.mahlzeit" => "mod.npu.mahlzeit" Case -apmod "mod.mahlzeit" => [NO CHANGE] Case -aetxt "wonderland" => "txt.wonderland.txt" Case -asTxT "wonderland.txt" => "wonderland.TxT" Case -aspp "wonderland.txt" => "wonderland.txt.pp" Case -astxt "wonderland.txt" => [NO CHANGE] -r NAME Remove [specified] prefix/suffix/extention SYNTAX -r<%>[<$>] ARGUMENTS p Add prefix s Add suffix e Add extention <$> Directly after the -r<%> (no space) you can specify the name of the extention to remove. TASK To remove an extention from the filename. FUNCTION If no extention is specified, all (recognized) extentions will be removed. If you want to remove all extentions, regardless whether this program recognize them or not (like "prc.mymodule"), then you better use the -E option. (You may need the -L option as well). If you specify an extention, only files containing that extention will have it removed (the check is not case-sensitive). NOTE If you specify an extention it will be added to the list of recognized extentions. If you use this option with -E it will not be recognized. AFFECTS L (Set new prefix and/or suffix maxlength) -- The extention options will change the maximum allowed length of an extention _if_ a specified one's length exceeds the current maxlength. Remember that the -L option is only used when the -e option is turned off (which it isn't unless you disable it by -E) EXAMPLES Case -rpMOD "mod.mahlzeit" => "mahlzeit" Case -rpmed "mod.mahlzeit" => [NO CHANGE] Case -rp "med.mahlzeit.lzx" => "mahlzeit.lzx" Case -re "med.mahlzeit.lzx" => "mahlzeit" Case -rsTXT "wonderland.txt" => "wonderland" Case -rstxt "wonderland.txt.pp" => [NO CHANGE] Case -rs "wonderland.txt.pp" => "wonderland.txt" -C NAME Change [given] pref/suff/ext to specified SYNTAX -C<%>[<$>,]<$> ARGUMENTS p Change only prefixes s Change only suffixes e Change all extentions <$> If only one extention is given, it is assumed to be the target. If two are given, the first one is the source. TASK To change extentions' names FUNCTION If no source is specified: All recognized extentions will be changed to the destination. If a source is specified: Only the extentions that match the source (the first given extention) will be changed to the destination. NOTE Any specified extentions will be added to the list of recognized extentions. If you use this option with -E they will not be recognized. AFFECTS L (Set new prefix and/or suffix maxlength) -- The extention options will change the maximum allowed length of an extention _if_ a specified one's length exceeds the current maxlength. Remember that the -L option is only used when the -e option is turned off (which it isn't unless you disable it by -E) EXAMPLES Case -Cpmed,mod med.hummeln2.pp => mod.hummeln2.pp Case -CsPP,mod med.hummeln2.pp => mod.hummeln2.mod Case -CpPP,mod med.hummeln2.pp => [NO CHANGE] Case -Cemod med.hummeln2.pp => mod.hummeln2.mod -s NAME Swap prefix and/or suffix SYNTAX -s[<%>] ARGUMENTS p Swap prefixes to suffixes. s Swap suffixes to prefixes. e or -s alone swaps both the suffix and prefix. TASK To swap the extentions' positions. FUNCTION Unless selected otherwise (with p or s) the recognized prefixes will be changed to suffixes and vice versa. AFFECTS None EXAMPLES Case -s "pp.remix101.lfo.mod" => "mod.remix101.lfo.pp" Case -sp "pp.remix101.lfo.mod" => "remix101.lfo.mod.pp" Case -ss "pp.remix101.lfo.mod" => "mod.pp.remix101.lfo" -E NAME Ignore default extensions [only accept specified] SYNTAX -E[<$>,..] ARGUMENTS <$> Directly after the -E it is possible to specify one or more extentions that will be the _only_ recognized extentions. TASK Change the criteria for extention recognition, forget the default extentions. FUNCTION If no argument is given then Case will ignore its internal list of valid extentions and treat all 1-3 letter strings (or more if specified) that is separated from the filename with "." as extentions. If one or more extention is specified after the -E, then _only_ those will be recognized. AFFECTS -e (Only accept default extentions) -- Turned off. EXAMPLE 1 Case -re "mod.remix101.lfo" => "remix101.lfo" Remove extentions. Only mod is recognized as an extention, and properly removed. EXAMPLE 2 Case -re -E "mod.remix101.lfo" => "remix101" Now both mod and lfo are recognized as extentions, and removed. EXAMPLE 3 Case -re -Elfo "mod.remix101.lfo" => "mod.remix101" This tells Case that the only valid extention is lfo, and as such it is removed. -e NAME Only accept default extentions [and specified] SYNTAX -e[<$>,..] ARGUMENTS <$> Directly after the -e it is possible to specify one or more additional extentions to recognize. TASK Change the criteria for extention recognition, always recognize the default extentions. FUNCTION -e is used by default, so there is no point in writing it, unless -E is present in env:caseopts. It does not disable previous -e adds. All extentions specified after the -e is added to the list of recognized extentions. It is possible to add extentions with -e both in env:caseopts and the argument line. AFFECTS -E (Ignore default extensions) -- Turned off. EXAMPLE 1 Case -re "mod.remix101.lfo" => "remix101.lfo" Remove extentions. Only mod is recognized as an extention, and properly removed. EXAMPLE 2 Case -re -eprc,lfo "mod.remix101.lfo" => "remix101" Now both mod and lfo are recognized as extentions, and removed. The fictive extention prc would also have been removed if it had been found. EXAMPLE 3 Case -re -elfo "pco.remix101.lfo" => "pco.remix101" The suffix lfo is recognized and removed, the alien prefix pco is ignored. -L NAME Set new prefix and/or suffix maxlength SYNTAX -L[<%>]<#> ARGUMENTS p Only change the prefix maxlength. s Only change the suffix maxlength. e or -L<#> alone changes both the suffix & prefix maxlength. <#> A number between 1 and 9; the new maxlength. TASK Change the criteria for extention recognition (if -E is used). FUNCTION This is an option that will probably never be used by anyone. Nevertheless, this is what it does: First, it is _only_ consulted if the -E (ignore default extentions) mode is on. If it is, all 1-3 letter strings enclosing the filename with "." will be treated as extentions. The 3 letter limit (default) makes the recognition more safe. However, in some cases you may want to change the length, so that, for instance, strange 4-letter suffixes (not normally recognized by Case) can be removed or whatever. In Case 1.0 you needed to use this option if you removed specified 4-9 letters extentions, but lo! That is not necessary anymore. (The maxlength is now adjusted after the longest specified extention. Could that be a nuisance sometimes? I don't know, but if so, use -L after the extentions). AFFECTS None EXAMPLE 1 Case -re -E -L4 "this.orthis" => "orthis" Remove extentions, ignore default extentions. `this' is 4 chars, and is treated as a prefix and properly removed. EXAMPLE 2 Case -re -E -L2 "mod.raveland.pp" => "mod.raveland" As example 1, but now the maximum allowed extention length is only 2 letters, so the prefix mod is ignored. EXAMPLE 3 Case -re -E -Lp6 "parsec.aha.parsec" => "aha.parsec" The prefixes are now allowed to be upto 6 letters, but not the suffixes, which are left untouched. -g NAME Give priority to Prefix or Suffix SYNTAX -g(p|s) ARGUMENTS p Give priority to the prefixes s Give priority to the suffixes TASK Tell what extention that has "the last word". FUNCTION Sometimes a filename containing only one point (.) may nevertheless present two valid extentions. For instance a file called mod.txt would confuse Case, a little. Luckily it checks what extention that has the priority, and gives it authority to do whatever it pleases. By default the suffixes has the priority, because they are more common than the prefixes. However, the priority is changed each time you specify a suffix/prefix operation; for instance, if you tell Case to remove all prefixes, the priority will be given to them. Same with E, L, r, a... They give the priority to their own target. If you specify several of these, the last written is the last to change the priority. This is not the case with -g though, no matter where you write it, it will always give the priority you command. AFFECTS None EXAMPLE 1 Case -rp -rs "mod.pp" => "mod" The -rs is written last, the priority is given to the suffixes. EXAMPLE 2 Case -rs -rp "mod.pp" => "pp" Now the -rp was written last. Priority to the prefixes. EXAMPLE 3 Case -gs -rs -rp "mod.pp" => "mod" The -gs overrides the last priority change and the priority is given to the suffixes. ********************************************************************** ** THE STRING MANIPULATION OPERATIONS ** ** (t, T, d, D, C, k, K, m, a, r, v) ** ********************************************************************** -t NAME Transform spaces to underlines SYNTAX -t ARGUMENTS None TASK To connect words separated by spaces FUNCTION All spaces in the filenames (recognized extentions not affected) will be transformed to underlines (_). AFFECTS -T (Transform underlines to spaces) -- Turned off. EXAMPLE Case -t "mod.one two three" => "mod.one_two__three" -T NAME Transform underlines to spaces SYNTAX -T ARGUMENTS None TASK To replace underlines (_) by spaces. FUNCTION All underlines in the filenames (recognized extentions not affected) will be transformed to spaces. AFFECTS -t (Transform spaces to underlines) -- Turned off. EXAMPLE Case -T "mod.one_two__three" => "mod.one two three" -d NAME Delete all the spaces [or only specified] SYNTAX -d[<c>..] ARGUMENTS <c> If you specify one or more characters, directly after the -d (no spaces), only these characters will be deleted. TASK To compress several words into one, or strip ugly characters from the filenames. FUNCTION If you write -d alone, all spaces in the filenames (recognized extentions not affected) will be deleted. If you specify one or more characters after the -d, _only_ those will be deleted. Spaces will in that case not be removed. If you want to delete both $ and spaces, you have to write -d -d$. NOTE Characters written in one or more previous -r:s will be remembered. AFFECTS None EXAMPLES Case -d "mod.one two three" => "mod.onetwothree" Case -d() "mod.(((nebulos)))" => "mod.nebulos" -D NAME Delete specified string[s] SYNTAX -D<$>,.. ARGUMENTS <$> The unwanted string or strings. If you specify several strings, separate them with commas (no spaces!). If you want to include a comma or space, enclose the string with single (') or double (") quoutes. If you want to remove a string that begins with a single quoute, you must enclose the whole string with double quoutes. Likewise, if you want to remove a string that begins with a " you must enclose the whole string with single quotes. TASK To remove ugly/unwanted strings from the filenames. FUNCTION The specified string(s) are removed from the filenames. The search is not case-sensitive. NOTE Strings written in a previous -D will _not_ be remembered. In other words, it is not possible to "add" more strings to remove. AFFECTS None EXAMPLE Case -D[lfo] "mod.[LFO]delta_rave" => "mod.delta_rave" Case -D"don't ",bla "mod.don't saybla" => "mod.say" -C NAME Change string one to string two SYNTAX -C"<$>",<$> ARGUMENTS "<$>" The first string is the "source", the string you want to change. You MUST place the _first_ string within single or double quoutes, to separate it from the -C<%><$>[,<$>] option. <$> The second string is the "destination", what you want the first string to be. Does not have to be quoted. TASK To change one string into another. FUNCTION Before any extentions are stripped from the filename, it will be checked for matches of the given source string (case-insensitive). If found, the following will happen: If the source string is of the same length as the dest string and the found string doesn't match the destination string exactly (only case insensitive), it is replaced. If the source string's length differ from the destinations string's, a replacement always takes place. And the caseing goes on... NOTE #1 This function does not care about extentions, it will conduct it's search on the whole filename. NOTE #2 You can only have one string substitution per session. If you specify several, only the last will be given a chance. AFFECTS None EXAMPLES Case -C"don't",do "I don't want to live" => "I do want to live" Case -C"bla.med",mod "bla.med.oofrab" => "mod.oofrab" -k NAME Keep letters, digits [and specified] SYNTAX -k[<c>..] ARGUMENTS <c> Additional char -- or chars -- to keep. TASK Keep only letters & numbers, thus removing ugly chars. FUNCTION This option will strip eccentric characters from your filenames. It will only keep letters, numbers, dots, underlines, spaces and all the characters you specify directly after the -k. NOTE All characters written earlier (whether it's on the k or K) will _not_ be remembered. In other words, it's not possible to "add" more characters to keep. AFFECTS -K (Keep A-Z, digits [and specified]) -- Turned off. EXAMPLE Case -k$! "«╪⌐! Par$ec-222_ah!" => "╪! Par$ec222_ah!" -K NAME Keep A-Z, digits [and specified] SYNTAX -K[<c>..] ARGUMENTS <c> Additional char -- or chars -- to keep. TASK Keep only A-Z & numbers, thus removing ugly chars. FUNCTION This option will strip eccentric characters from your filenames. It will only keep the letters A-Z (unlike its sister-option -k), numbers, underlines, spaces, dots and all the characters you specify directly after the -K. NOTE All characters written earlier (whether it's on the k or K) will _not_ be remembered. In other words, it's not possible to "add" more chars to keep. AFFECTS -k (Keep letters, digits [& specified]) -- Turned off. EXAMPLE Case -K$! "µ«╪! Par$ec-222_ah!" => "! Par$ec222_ah!" -m NAME Mutilate chars with ASCI value exceeding 128 to 0-127 SYNTAX -m ARGUMENTS None TASK Convert phonems and such to their stem-letters FUNCTION Since ASCII values of 128-255 are not an international standard, filenames containing that may come to look strange on another OS. This option will try to "make the best of it", so for instance σ will become a, ╓ => O, Θ => e etc. All non-letters will become a dash (-). NOTE #1 -m, -n and -S are currently the _only_ options that turn on themselves by inverting the current value (by default zero=NOP). This means that if you write -m -m it will be turned on and then immediately disabled. This is only useful if you have the -m written in the env:caseopts file, and then temporarily want to rename some directories. NOTE #2 This option is performed on the whole filename, including extentions. AFFECTS None EXAMPLE Case -m "tΣnd pσ!" => "tand pa!" -a NAME Add head or tail string to filename SYNTAX -a(h|t)<$> ARGUMENTS h Add a header string t Add a tail string <$> String to add TASK To add a string to start or end of the filename. FUNCTION This option is actually very useful -- not only when you are adding your handle to a group of files, but when you want to lengthen a filename for some (very common) reason. I use this a lot. The header is not placed before any (recognized) prefix, and the tail not after any suffix. The string to insert is not inserted if it is already there. This works the same way as the prefix/suffix adds in that the check is not case-sensitive; if the string match case-insensitive, but not case-sensitive, it is not added, but adjusted. NOTE You can only add one header, and only one tail per session. It is not possible to add tails or headers to directories. AFFECTS None EXAMPLES Case -ah[LFO] "mod.jungle" => "mod.[LFO]jungle" Case -ah[lfo] "mod.[LFO]jungle" => "mod.[lfo]jungle" Case -ah[lfo] "mod.[lfo]jungle" => [NO CHANGE] -r NAME Remove head/tail string from filename SYNTAX -r(h|t)<$> ARGUMENTS h Remove a header string t Remove a tail string <$> String to remove TASK To remove a string from the beginning or end of the filename. FUNCTION This works exactly as the delete string function, except that Case will only check the tail or end of the filename (with extentions stripped) for matches (case insensitive). This function is mostly implemented so that you can "undo" a previous add head/tail call. NOTE You can only remove one header, and only one tail per session. It is not possible to remove tails or headers from directories. AFFECTS None EXAMPLES Case -rh<LFO> "mod.<LFO>jungle" => "mod.jungle" Case -rh<lfo> "mod.<LFO>jungle" => "mod.jungle" Case -rh<lfo> "bla.<LFO>jungle" => [NO CHANGE] (bla is not recognized as a prefix) Case -rh<lfo> -E "bla.<LFO>jungle" => "bla.jungle" (using the -E option, it is) -v NAME Vomit files to PC-format SYNTAX -v[<%>] ARGUMENTS p Remove the prefixes s Remove the suffixes e Remove both prefixes and suffixes - Only -v keeps the extentions. TASK Truncate Amiga-filenames to PC-format, 8+3 letters. FUNCTION If you write -vp, the prefixes will be removed, and the (recognized) suffixes truncated to 3 letters. The filename without extentions will be stripped so that only letters and numbers remain, and then truncated (if necessary) so that the length does not exceed 8 bytes. All characters are uppercased. NOTE Beware (if you run this twice on the same file/s) of truncated extentions, getting suddenly unknown, and thus inevitably removed... Beware also of the -k option's zealous work... If a suffix is not known, then the -k will remove the dot. A good idea might be to use the -E option... AFFECTS re/k/u/f/c/w/l rp (Remove prefix) Turned on if you specify -vp or -ve rs (Remove suffix) Turned on if you specify -vs or -ve m (Mutilate asci 128+) Turned on. Write -m AFTER the -v[<%>] to turn it off again. k Turned on with the task to remove _everything_ but letters and numbers (so it differs a bit from the normal -k option). u (All Uppercase) -- Turned on l (All lowercase) -- Turned off c (Change cases) -- Turned off w (Each new word uppercase) -- Turned off f (First letter uppercase) -- Turned off EXAMPLES Case -v mod.+1_psychedelic!.guide => MOD.1PSYCHED.GUI Case -vs mod.+1_psychedelic!.guide => MOD.1PSYCHED Case -vp mod.+1_psychedelic!.guide => 1PSYCHED.GUI Case -ve mod.+1_psychedelic!.guide => 1PSYCHED ********************************************************************** ** THE REMAINING OPTIONS ** ** (D, q, n, b, B, S, ALL) ** ********************************************************************** -D NAME Disable env:caseopts file SYNTAX -D ARGUMENTS None TASK To ignore the file env:caseopts FUNCTION The file env:caseopts will, if you specify this (anywhere on the argument line), not be loaded. The -D may also be present in the env:caseopts file itself, which will then be ignored, even though it has been loaded. AFFECTS None EXAMPLE Env:caseopts = "-l" Case -Pmod "ARNESUNE" => "mod.arnesune" Case -Pmod -D "ARNESUNE" => "mod.ARNESUNE" -q NAME Be Quiet (only list errors) SYNTAX -q ARGUMENTS None TASK To skip the rename listing. FUNCTION The Case banner and result line will be displayed as usual. Nothing else, unless an error occurs. AFFECTS None -n NAME Neglect the directories SYNTAX -n ARGUMENTS None TASK To completely ignore all directories. FUNCTION The filematching routine will be told to skip all directories. NOTE -n, -m and -S are currently the _only_ options that turn on themselves by inverting the current value (by default zero=NOP). This means that if you write -n -n it will be turned on and then immediately disabled. This is only useful if you have the -n written in the env:caseopts file, and then temporarily want to rename some directories. AFFECTS None -b NAME Use a buffer when renaming (indirect) SYNTAX -b ARGUMENTS None TASK To read in all the matching files before renaming. FUNCTION This is on by default, because if it isn't, many operations on the ram-disk will fail or even crash (due to a flaw in the OS) and this would scare my users into abandoning Case, thinking it is clustered with bugs ;) If the memory for the buffers, holding all the filenames found so far, should run out, use the -B option. You may want to use the -B option anyway, so you won't have to experience that annoying pause in the beginning, initiated when many files are to be renamed... (See notes about the ram-disk for more info). AFFECTS -B Turned off. -B NAME Don't use a buffer when renaming (direct) SYNTAX -B ARGUMENTS None TASK To rename one file at a time FUNCTION This is off by default, because if it wasn't, many operations on the ram-disk would fail or even crash (due to a flaw in the OS). If you use this switch, you'll reduce memory fragmentation and usage (though this only goes for big sessions, lowercaseing a whole partiton for instance). Case will ask AxeMatch for the next matching file, process it and call AxeMatch again, until there are no more files. (See notes about the ram-disk for more info). AFFECTS -b Turned off. -S NAME Simulate caseing, don't rename anything SYNTAX -S ARGUMENTS None TASK To show the user what will happen before it happens. FUNCTION Everything will go on as usual, except that no files will be renamed. You'll see the results exactly as you'd see if you had actually been renaming them. The only exception is that all possible errors won't be caught. If Case would strip the number from bla1.txt, renaming it to bla.txt, and the next file was bla2.txt, it wouldn't be possible to rename bla2.txt to bla.txt, since it already existed. When simulating caseing this would not be noticed. NOTE -S, -m and -n are currently the _only_ options that turn on themselves by inverting the current value (by default zero=NOP). This means that if you write -S -S it will be turned on and then immediately disabled. This is only useful if you have the -S written in the env:caseopts file, (as if this was some kind of toy!) and then temporarily want to actually rename some files... AFFECTS None ALL NAME Recurse into subdirectories, SYNTAX ALL ARGUMENTS None TASK To recurse into all subdirs. FUNCTION By default Case will only process the file or directory that you specify after the options. If you wish to make Case recurse into all subdirs (and their subdirs..), write ALL after the options (and filepattern if any). It might seem stupid to use -options all the time, except for this, but I'm so used of using ALL that I made it this way. AFFECTS None ********************************************************************** ** Similar programs ** ** (Short descriptions, where to get them, my impressions etc) ** ********************************************************************** To find out how well my program could compete with other programs I took a look at Aminet and found a bunch of renaming utilities... NAME FixName V1.20beta AUTHOR Mikael Nordlund RELEASED 930120 LOCATION util/cli/FixName120.lha SIZE 6 KB SHORT Capitalize first char on filenames in dir[...] COMMENTS I hadn't seen this almost 5 year old program before. Very impressive! Can recurse into subdirs, have the equivalent of Case's -u -l -f and -w. And it even has the option to open up a small GUI where you can do exactly the same as in shell, plus save a configuration file. But it has no pattern-matching, can only ucase/lcase a-z, plus I'd say development has ceased :) Freeware. NAME Arud Converter v2.2 AUTHOR Morten Amundsen RELEASED 93xxxx - 9510xx LOCATION util/misc/arud220.lha SIZE 29 KB SHORT Rename multiple files w/src (anims etc) COMMENTS This program has a nice GUI for renumbering (and copying if selected) large amount of files, all sharing the same basename. The range can be selected and the basename changed. Does not recurse into subdirs. Postcardware, asm-source included. NAME LookName 2.2 AUTHOR Philippe Muhlheim RELEASED 940908 - 951023. LOCATION util/cli/LookName22.lha SIZE 10 KB SHORT Make filenames lowercase or uppercase and[...] COMMENTS This is what I wrote about Lookname in Case2.0's doc: Since the last release I have seen some Case-like programs, but only one is worth mentioning: LookName v2.2 by Philippe Muhlheim. He released his first Case-clone a year before I even got the idea. I give lots of thanks to Philippe for inspiration and ideas (like the -v option). LookName works on all OS, it seems, and has some options that this program does not (like the possibility to flummy/deflummy filenames, like "cool" = "τ°°1" and such). But it gives me the impression of being a program to toy with, rather than to aide, and it lacks a lot of useful things (v2.2) like the remove string function, pattern matching, and the mandatory ALL to recurse. Also it may CRASH when encountering the ram-bug (see notes about the ram-disk), at least it did for me the first time I tried it, not knowing my program couldn't handle that either :) Lookname is Freeware. NAME CExt V40.2 AUTHOR Chris De Maeyer RELEASED 941016-970201 LOCATION util/cli/cext402.lha SIZE 10 KB SHORT Utility to change/delete/renumber filenames COMMENTS This program can only handle 1024 files, but that makes sense since it does not recurse. It can delete or rename suffixes and renumber files. Basename and range can be set. Freeware. NAME ARen 1.4 AUTHOR Mendez Marc RELEASED 941117 LOCATION util/sys/Aren14.lha SIZE 12 KB SHORT Extension of 'Rename', replaces patterns[...] COMMENTS A small gui-less tool that seems to do the same thing as Case's -C" option, except that it does not recurse. But it lets the user specify if the replacing should be case-sensitive or not. Does not recurse into subdirs. Freeware, c-source included. NAME MultiRename v1.0 AUTHOR Daniel S. Milling Jr. RELEASED 941208 LOCATION util/misc/MRename1.lha SIZE 34 KB SHORT Rename/renumber lists of files. COMMENTS Another renumbering program, with an impressive GUI (judging from the size of the program and the doc). The range and basename can be set. I haven't seen it though, since it crashes on my 060. Shareware. NAME AutoRename V1.0 AUTHOR Francesco Gambino RELEASED 950111 LOCATION util/sys/AutoRen_v10.lha SIZE 18 KB SHORT AutoRename is a utility to rename a lot[...] COMMENTS This program is buggy, and in italian. Judging from the 4 short examples in the doc, it adds an incremented number together with an optional headerstring to all the files that match. I believe I have some modules by this guy... they are a lot better than his program ;) Freeware, I think. NAME RenumSeq.rexx 1.0 AUTHOR Christoph Mayer RELEASED 950114 LOCATION gfx/edit/RenumSeq.lha SIZE 1 KB SHORT This ARexx-script renumbers or renames[...] COMMENTS ARexx script to renumber filenames. Very primitive, but I guess it does its job. Freeware. NAME No Pain Rename 1.0 AUTHOR Travis Riggs RELEASED 9507xx LOCATION util/sys/nopainrename.lha SIZE 140 KB SHORT Batch filename renaming utility COMMENTS A simple (yet huge) renumbering program, with an awful GUI. Basename and range can be set. Shareware. NAME UnderScore 1.0 AUTHOR Braneloc RELEASED 9508xx (Recompiled 970619) LOCATION util/cli/underscore.lha SIZE 23 KB SHORT Removes spaces from filenames COMMENTS Hmm... of all the programs I've tried, this is by far the most pathetic! It's 35 kb, and all it does (no options, not even filepattern!) is the same thing as writing Case -t ALL. It does recurse. In fact, it always recurses!! Maybe you think I'm a bit harsh on the programmer, but... Get this... he wants you to pay him ú10 for it!!! The underscore.doc is not a doc but a registration form!! I'm apalled... NAME UpperName 1.0 AUTHOR Franck Aniere RELEASED 950822 LOCATION util/batch/UpperName.lha SIZE 6 KB SHORT Upper case filenames COMMENTS This is the most primitive of the Case-clones I've seen. It can only uppercase one file at a time... Freeware. NAME LowUp 1.0 AUTHOR Franck Aniere RELEASED 95082x LOCATION util/cli/LowUp_Upd.lha SIZE 10 KB SHORT Upper/Lower case filenames COMMENTS This an update of the most primitive of the Case-clones I've seen. Apparently, after the author had found out some people did not like uppercase only filenames, he changed the name from Uppername to LowUp. It can now both uppercase and lowercase _one_ filename at a time. He has included a GUI version as well though (written by one of the program's fans (!)) which uses the reqtools library and is quite nice; but it is still as limited. All freeware. NAME Npmv 1.0 AUTHOR Stefan Le Breton RELEASED 960122 LOCATION util/sys/npmv.lha SIZE 2 KB SHORT Rename without(!) pattern matching COMMENTS All this program does is to rename files whose names contains characters used by the dos pattern matching. Freeware. Phew... so far I've found no program that I've been forced to admit is better than Case. Now only one remain to test... The filesize worries me, hmm.. 341 kb!? Aha... no need to worry :) Because, it is... NAME No Pain Rename 2.0 AUTHOR Travis Riggs RELEASED 1996 LOCATION gfx/misc/rename2u.lha SIZE 174 KB SHORT Rename multiple files with ease! COMMENTS Well, the GUI has improved, A LOT. And there are many new features, but it is still only intended for renumbering purposes. However, if you want all the new features you must pay $10 to the author, as No Pain Rename is still shareware. I really hate it when people release their programs as shareware, especially cut-down versions. But that's just me... NAME Ename v2.0 AUTHOR Rafaε Mantiuk RELEASED 960618 LOCATION util/cli/EName20.lha SIZE 8 KB SHORT Rename many files. COMMENTS This cli-command is quite powerful when it comes to substituting or removing strings from filenames. It can also lowercase or uppercase. I didn't find it too easy to understand though, and it do also have a simulation option, so as to give the user a chance to see what will happen if he starts the program... (Actually, after seeing this in another program as well, I implemented it in this version of Case!) One thing that impressed me was that it won't be confused if one file will be given the same name as another file (but which won't have this name after the operations has been performed). Does not recurse into subdirs. Postcard/emailware. NAME MRename 1.3 AUTHOR Martin Steigerwald RELEASED 960714-960921 LOCATION util/cli/mrename.lha SIZE 7 KB SHORT Renames files in a flexible way (1.3) COMMENTS This is a nice program that is quite like Case. It can recurse into subdirs, uppercase, lowercase, uppercase first letter in every word and change extentions to a specified name. It also lets you specify if you want only dirs or only files to be renamed, and there's also a testmode. But don't try this program on the ram-disk... luckily I could CTRL-C it out of its endless loop... (See notes about the ram-disk.) Freeware. NAME RenameIt 1.0 AUTHOR Dante/Oxyron Software RELEASED 960731 LOCATION util/sys/RenameIt.lha SIZE 27 KB SHORT Multiple file rename Tool COMMENTS This is a quite primitive program for manipulating filenames. It seems to target extentions only, at least that's what I could gather after skimming through the 3kb doc... It has a GUI though. I don't think that's appropriate for a program like this, but I guess some people would prefer it. NAME KRenamer 1.1 AUTHOR Kordi/Blabla RELEASED 970420 LOCATION util/cli/2b_KRenamer11.lha SIZE 9 KB SHORT Changes name of all files in directory.. COMMENTS Quite nice gui-less program it seems, which lets one rename all (or parts of) the files in a directory into the same name, only separated by numbers. That's currently all it does though, even if the doc promises more in future releases. Does not recurse into subdirs. Freeware. NAME MRenfix.rexx 1.0a AUTHOR Anders Nordby RELEASED 1996 LOCATION util/sys/mrenfix.lzh SIZE 2 KB SHORT Changes pre-/suffixes in filenames COMMENTS A rexx script to remove/add/change suffixes and/or prefixes. Does pattermatching and recurses into subdirs. Requesters pop up if you forget some parameters. And you'll be prompted for the extentions to add/remove. But when the process finally starts, there's no indication as to what's going on... To sum up... Even Case 1.0 could do more than any of these programs (possibly with the exception of LookName). But there seems to be a high demand for renumbering programs. I have never found use for this myself, but I'll probably include this in the next release. ********************************************************************** ** -+- THE END -+- ** ** (Notes about the ram-disk, contact me, history etc...) ** ********************************************************************** NOTES ABOUT THE RAM-DISK Some 1.5 year ago, Axehandle reported a bug. Using this and that option on these and those files would bring Case into an endless loop of renamings. I thought he had a lot of nerve blaming me for this, when it obviously was his filematching routine that was flawed! I tried to reproduce the bug, but it worked on my machine. He persisted -- "your program is buggy!" -- and we almost got into an argument... I looked deeper into this, and found that I COULD reproduce the bug, but only when I used Case on the ram-disk. Some debugging revealed that his filematching routines would pass me the same file over and over again... Aha! With a malicious, triumphant smile, I called Axehandle... "Like I suspected, it IS your bug!!" But he wouldn't have it that way. "If it isn't your fault, then it must be a bug in the OS." he concluded calmly. "Yeah right!!" But... he was right. I don't remember exactly under what circumstances it happens, but I think that when a file change name, the OS will notice "oh, there's a file I didn't see before! better pass it.." and so I get it again. Rename it again, and the OS... "Oh a sandwich! I like sandwiches..." I noticed the same thing a few days ago, when I was, hmm, watching some pictures on the ram-disk, with viewtek #?. When I deleted a picture that I had just viewed, it would start over from the beginning, showing all the pictures that I had already seen. Anyway, no need to worry about this in Case! With a lot of pain I added the default option to read in all matching files in a buffer, and then rename them. More about this in the text about the -b and -B options. BUGS??? Very likely. I don't know of any at the moment though. HISTORY v1.0 (950809) ** The first release. v2.0 (960320) ** Real filematching implemented, thanks to Axehandle. It uses some 2.04 functions, so Case now only works with OS 2.04++ ** Lots of changes, too many to write down. No one used the first version anyway... v2.1 (971221) ** Well... I *still* haven't got any indication that I have one single user, after more than two years since the first release! Yet I code on... ** Renamed almost all options, in a vain attempt to be more consequent, and make the names easier to remember: -i[s|p] was renamed to -I[e|s|p] (Don't ignore extentions when caseing) -I[S|P] was renamed to -i[e|s|p] (Ignore extentions when caseing) -EU was renamed to -u(e|s|p) (Make Extention/Suffix/Prefix uppercase) -EL was renamed to -l(e|s|p) (Make Extention/Suffix/Prefix lowercase) -S<$> was renamed to -as<$> (Add specified suffix) -P<$> was renamed to -ap<$> (Add specified prefix) -s[<$>] was renamed to -rs[<$>] (Remove [specified] suffix) -p[<$>] was renamed to -rp[<$>] (Remove [specified] prefix) -r<c>.. was renamed to -d<c>.. (Delete specified char[s]) -R<$>,.. was renamed to -D<$>,.. (Delete specified string[s]) -e[s|p] was renamed to -s[e|s|p] (Swap extentions [or only Suffixes/Prefixes]) -c[p|s]<#> was renamed to -L[e|s|p]<#> (Set Extention/Suffix/Prefix maxlength) -o was renamed to -E (Don't use default Extentions) -O was renamed to -e (Accept default Extentions only) -o<$>,.. was renamed to -E<$>,.. (Only accept specified Extentions) -O<$>,.. was renamed to -e<$>,.. (Only accept default Extentions & specified) ** Prefix options that default to operating on extentions, but that can be made to operate on only prefixes/suffixes, now accept e (for both) as well as the usual p (prefixes only) and s (suffixes only) ** All specified extentions are now added to the list of recognized extentions. So if you want to remove the suffix .bla, you only need to write -rsbla, and don't worry about whether bla is a recognized suffix or not. ** Any given extention will adjust the extention maxlenght, if (and only if) it is exceeded. ** If a filepattern contains spaces, it now must have single or double quotes surrounding it. ** The delete chars functions are no longer case-sensitive. If you want to remove all ÷:s, -d÷ will remove ÷:s as well as ╓:s. ** It is now possible to specify characters to delete on several places, without having the previous chars forgotten. ** If an extention operation is selected, but no extention was modified, or even found, Case will now display a little reminder that maybe this was because you wanted to process files with alien extentions, and maybe you should try the -e option etc. This is so you won't think Case is flawed, like even I myself has thought several times! So easy to forget... ** Made an indirect mode to read all the filenames into a buffer, and then rename from that. Added the options -b and -B to select between direct and indirect mode. ** Added -ae, add specified extention. ** Added -r(h|t)<$>, 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... qt, gz, pi c++, cpp, arj, obj, env, mov, avi, jpg, tex, p61 tar, htm, man, mpg, mp3, bz2, tgz, lzh jpeg, gzip, html amiga, prefs symmod v2.2 (980127) ** Two happy Case users revealed themselves. Thanks Trevor & mr Bouwhuis! ** Above mentioned new extentions were actually only added to the doc. I forgot to add them in the source. Apart from all those new extentions, there's three more: xm, s3m and rexx. ** Corrected flaw in the argument parsing. Case wouldn't report a syntax error when several source-names were entered. (This is not yet allowed) ** When in recursive mode, if a directory-name got renamed by Case, (so the characters actually changed, not only the cases) any files in that directory would not be found. Solved this by letting the pattern matching routine pass Case the directory names when they were leaved, instead of when they were entered. ** Whenever a file in the search path could not be locked for some reason, case would abort the whole operation with "can't find file or path!" If in the default buffered mode, no files would ever be renamed. Now, whenever the filematching routine cannot lock a file, Case will look at the name to determine if the user wanted that file to be renamed. (If, for instance, the user wanted to uppercase all filenames, and this file already was uppercased, there would be nothing to worry about.) If he didn't the file will simply be skipped. If he did, the fail counter will be incremented and the message "can't lock xxx because object is in use" will be displayed. ** The -C" option (change string 1 to string 2) was flawed. case21 -C"bl",bl bla would result in renaming bla to bla. Also: case21 -C"bl",bla bla would not rename bla to blaa, since Case thought this had already been done. THE PHUTURE Many rats has left the ship... happily eating Bill Gates' cheese, the cheese they once loved to curse. Well, like I use to think on the last night of the Roskilde festival, as a large amounts of people head home (even though there's one festival night left!): -- Only the cool people stay... I will stay, and continue releasing updates on this program. I have a few ideas in mind... The most important one is to implement an undo function. If Case should chance to really fuck up my files, I'd like to write Case UNDO, to restore the names. Also all known extentions should perhaps be flagged as prefix only, suffix only or any of the two. DISCLAIMER If you are interested in the disclaimer or crap like that, then contact me. CONTACT ME... If you want an update made, have bug-reports, suggestions, anything.. EMail: parsec@aljan.com.au This address is at least valid to the end of mars 1998. After that, use: blodskam@hotmail.com I have, btw, used the handle Parsec since the summer of 1991. I know many people think handles are silly (albeit /nicks are "kewl"), but... It's a silly life! Take it seriousley, and *you* are the fool! SPECIAL THANKS... * My "menthor" Thomas Richter, for helping me whenever I despair... * Aaron Scott, for a lot of things... * Phil @ AmigaGenius for giving birth to my hd-farm.