text_combined: aaron kulkis quuzhbe19gmailcom greg freemyer wrote mon mar 3 2008 729 pm aaron kulkis wrote greg freemyer wrote directory several hundred files alphabetical order way need need rename totally different sequence ie currently nnn_mmm_llltif need rename aaa_xxxxtif aaa fixed xxxx sequence specify starting point im write shell script would nice preexisting tool could call mmv close think dont know sequence number instead using mv mmv would us ln otherwise might wishing still original names mmv c option makes copies copy 2x disk space storageand modifications done one linking means 1 disk block filesystems part block additional disk space link go source dir dest dir thing ln example keep plugins web browsers one directory optbrowserplugins cd optseamonkey118plugins f optbrowserplugins ln f done similar things opera konqueror thats normally anyway working bash script guess post list simpler solution greg fri 08 aug 2008 023632 0500 opensuse need tool like mmv generate sequential names