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Re: zmv exits from function

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: zmv exits from function
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:34:06 -0800
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/29391>
In-reply-to: <69024621-9e60-474f-9c32-4edaecc3ff68@eastlink.ca>
List-id: <zsh-users.zsh.org>
References: <69024621-9e60-474f-9c32-4edaecc3ff68@eastlink.ca>

On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 9:43 AM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm using zmv to rename files in a directory tree recursively via a
> 'for' loop which visits each subdirectory.

Incidentally, unless your "f" function is doing something non-obvious,
zmv can recursively search directories all by itself.

Try (without your "for" wrapper and all the "cd"-ing):

  zmv -n '(*/)#(*).(SNT|MES)' '$1$2.eml'

If that looks like it would do the right thing, remove the "-n".

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- zmv exits from function
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