Cannot use a zero directly after a wildcard

[Andrew Ittner]

Binary package hint: mmv

I need to rename files from x?.txt to x0?.txt (x-zero-anycharacter). But if a zero follows any mmv wildcard in the "to" pattern, the rename fails, as mmv thinks the wildcard is "#10" (ten) instead of "#1" followed by a zero.

Repro:
$ touch x{1,2}.txt
$ mmv -r "??.txt" "#10#2.txt"
??.txt -> #10#2.txt : wildcard #10 does not exist.
Nothing done.

Suggested fixes:

- If there is no #9 wildcard, assume there are no wildcards > 9, and that the zeros should remain in the output.
- Allow escaping for any character in the to pattern.
- Allow different wildcard values (like #a, #b) in the to pattern.

[Andrew Ittner (andrew-ittner)]

Zeros can be escaped with a backlash, like this:

$ mmv -r "??.txt" "#1\0#2.txt"

The original problem is not a bug, but escape character information should be added to the man page.

This bug report was for Kubuntu 6.06.1.