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Date:      Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:52:13 -0800
From:      David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The "rename" package does not install the rename(2) script?
Message-ID:  <cada1e62-2018-4b21-b3a4-a48880bb79fc@holgerdanske.com>
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On 12/26/24 17:59, Pier-Luc Caron St-Pierre wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> It looks like the package is not your expected perl script that you are
> looking for. The package is installing a binary named renamex
> <https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/sysutils/rename/Makefile#n14>.
> 
> I was able to find the source <https://rename.sourceforge.net/>; here. I
> compiled on my system and it resulted in a renamex binary.
> 
> I was not able to find why it is this way.
> 
> I hope it helps!
> 
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 8:28 PM David Christensen wrote:
>> I wanted to install the "rename" Perl script:


Thank you for the reply.


Confusing...


The Perl utility I want is in the following package:

     p5-File-Rename


David












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