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author | John Ankarström <john@ankarstrom.se> | 2020-11-24 02:33:30 +0100 |
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committer | John Ankarström <john@ankarstrom.se> | 2020-11-24 02:33:30 +0100 |
commit | 09c8e5f72b34b7c13f278acb52f2dd3e530558d3 (patch) | |
tree | 14b8065161759f19e649065e18b48216b2ee6bb3 /ord.1 | |
download | xutil-09c8e5f72b34b7c13f278acb52f2dd3e530558d3.tar.gz |
Add 'cpy' / 'pst', 'ep' and 'ord' utilities
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@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +.Dd $Mdocdate$ +.Dt ord 1 +.Os +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm ord +.Nd re-order files with numeric indices +. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl n Ar "number width" +.Op Fl s Ar separator +.Ar file ... +. +.Sh DESCIPTION +.Pp +.Nm +is a convenient utility for re-ordering numerically indexed files, i.e. files with names beginning with +.Ql 01.\ , +.Ql 02.\ +and so forth. +Among other things, it is useful for managing disk-based playlists. + +Given any number of files as arguments, +.Nm +will open a temporary text file in your +.Ev EDITOR , +in which you can re-order the files by re-ordering lines. +Save the file and exit the text editor to change the names of the files to reflect the new order. + +The +.Fl n +and +.Fl s +control the format of the numeric indices expected and created by +.Nm . +Their respective default values are 2 and +.Ql .\ . + +Note that +.Fl n +and +.Fl s +cannot be used to change the format of existing numeric indices. +Such functionality is not provided by +.Nm . +.Sh AUTHORS +.Pp +.Nm +is written by John Ankarström +.Aq Mt john (at) ankarstrom.se . |