[mdlug] batch name changes

[Garry Stahl]

On 01/28/2013 11:19 PM, Michael Mikowski wrote:

> A side note: Only in perhaps the last 5-10 years has Unix/Linux become 
> more dependent on file extensions.  Years ago when I used IRIX, file 
> headers were used to distinguish file types almost exlusively (IIRC).  
> But Gnome and KDE have become more and more dependent on extensions 
> which is a bit annoying sometimes.  On the other hand, I can see the 
> alure: instead of having to probe each file, the system can simply 
> look at the names and then get a mime-type from a simple lookup table.

thanks for the clarifications.

I am not a CLI user in Linux.  I am however a control freak.  I want to 
know what the commands mean.  Sometimes this information can be like 
pulling teeth to get it from CLI Gurus that figure everyone should 
know.  Well, you have to learn from some place.

Second issue, the inconsistency of command switches.  CLI is a language 
that has a different grammar for every word.  Just because you know the 
plural,, possessive forms, and other variations of a single noun helps 
not at all on the next one.  It is less science than mystic tribal 
knowledge.

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