On 2/3/21 7:42 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 03/02/2021 23.46, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
Op woensdag 3 februari 2021 23:15:04 CET schreef Carlos E.R.:
On 03/02/2021 23.09, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either. No. Don't do that. We told you what to do.
PLEASE NOBODY TELL HIM HOW TO DO WHAT HE ASKS FOR. Come on, I get where you're coming from, but refrain from posting public messages like this please.
It is an EMERGENCY. He is in the road to destroy his system AGAIN, and you are helping him to do it.
I haven't destroyed the system yet. It may take me a while to get where I'm trying to get to, but with the kind support of some fine folks here I finally arrive. Thanks to all! (In the meantime, I might observe that some older bash Linux commands have, for some reason, been removed from the system. One I can think of is apt-get, but I have run across others.)