Issue when working on external drive

[sathishvj]

I have a USB SSD drive. I'm a folder in it similar to: /Volumes/SD-250G-SSD/MyProject/MyFolder/MySubFolder/AndSubSubFolder. brename commands don't work within it - it just doesn't match the patterns. If I copy the files, say, to /tmp and then run the same command, it works.

[shenwei356]

Interesting, I just tested and everything was fine (Linux desktop and USB HDD drive, path is /run/media/shenwei/Seagate Backup Plus Drive/tmp/) .

Can you please paste some file names and matching pattern?

[sathishvj]

On the external ssd it doesn't work.

[vj:/Volumes/SD-500G-SSD/br-on-ssd] $ ls
abcd.efgh*

[vj:/Volumes/SD-500G-SSD/br-on-ssd] $ brename -d -p "abcd" -r "xyz"
[INFO] 0 path(s) to be renamed

$ cd -
/tmp/br-on-mac

On the mac ssd it works fine.

[vj:/tmp/br-on-mac] $ ls
abcd.efgh

[vj:/tmp/br-on-mac] $ brename -d -p "abcd" -r "xyz"
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'abcd.efgh' -> 'xyz.efgh'
[INFO] 1 path(s) to be renamed

[schroef]

I seem to have same issue on OSX 10.14 I got a fat32 formated drive and I'm test a folder.
so i use command to go to the folder
cd /Volumes/_MINDFLOW/_MINDFLOW/CLIENTS/FACE\ EVENTS/04.\ DESIGN/CabanaFestival_Mar2015/

then i try a dry-run with this
brename -p '.' -r '$1 ' -d

i get this in return

[INFO]   ignore case: false
[INFO]   search pattern: .
[INFO]   include filters: .
[INFO]   search paths: ./
[INFO] 
[INFO] 0 path(s) to be renamed

[schroef]

another example simply check for files with underscore

MBP-Schroef:CabanaFestival_Mar2015 Admin$ brename -p "_" -r "-" -d
[INFO] main options:
[INFO]   ignore case: false
[INFO]   search pattern: _
[INFO]   include filters: .
[INFO]   search paths: ./
[INFO] 
[INFO] 0 path(s) to be renamed
MBP-Schroef:CabanaFestival_Mar2015 Admin$ 

this is the tree

3D
│   ├── Finals
│   │   ├── CBFmar2015_15x15_Double_Topview_A5.png
│   │   ├── CBFmar2015_15x15_Double_Topview_A5_object_id.png
│   │   ├── CBFmar2015_A0\ Poster-Banner_Topview_A0.png
│   │   ├── CBFmar2015_A0\ Poster-Banner_Topview_A0_object_id.png
│   │   ├── CabanaFestival_Mar2015.img.thea
│   │   ├── CabanaFestival_Mar2015_No\ Disp.img.thea
│   │   └── CabanaFestival_Mar2015_No\ Disp.png
│   └── Textures
│       ├── 15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.jpg
│       ├── 15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar20152.jpg
│       ├── 54x85_FreeTicket-CBF_Mar2015.psd
│       ├── A2_CabanaFestival_Feb2017_2k.png
│       ├── A3_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.jpg
│       ├── A3_CabanaFestival_Mar2015_low.jpg
│       ├── Back15x15_CabanaFestival_Feb2017_1.5k.png
│       ├── Front15x15_CabanaFestival_Feb2017_1.5k.png
│       ├── Front54x85_FreeTicket-CBF_Feb2017.png
│       ├── Ipad_Browser_Thearender.jpg
│       ├── Ipad_Browser_Thearender_2k.jpg
│       ├── back15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015_low.jpg
│       └── front15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015_low.jpg
├── BRON
│   ├── Presskit-Naffz\ 2013
│   │   ├── IMG_4114.jpg
│   │   ├── IMG_4128.jpg
│   │   ├── NAFFZ\ LOGO.eps
│   │   ├── Naffz\ Biografie.pdf
│   │   ├── Naffz\ Biography.pdf
│   │   └── Naffz\ vrijstaand\ 2013.psd
│   └── Stefan\ Vilijn\ Presskit\ 2013
│       ├── biography-stefan-vilijn.txt
│       ├── stefan\ vilijn\ foto\ 2\ vrijstaand.psd
│       ├── stefan\ vilijn\ foto\ 2.jpg
│       ├── stefanvilijnlogo.eps
│       ├── stefanvilijnlogo.jpg
│       └── stefanvilijnlogo.png
├── DESIGN
│   ├── 54x85_FreeTicket-CBF_Mar2015.psd
│   ├── A1_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.psd
│   ├── A2_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.psd
│   ├── FBEventBanner784x295_CabanFestial_Mar2015.psd
│   ├── FBposts_CabanFestival_Mar2015.psd
│   └── Flyer15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.psd
├── EXPORT
│   ├── A2_CabanaFestival_Mar2015_concept.jpg
│   ├── FBEventBanner784x295_CabanFestial_Mar2015.png
│   ├── FBdjs-date_CabanFestival_Mar2015.png
│   ├── FBdjs-logos_CabanFestival_Mar2015.png
│   ├── FBvipcabana_CabanFestival_Mar2015.png
│   ├── FBvipface_CabanFestival_Mar2015.png
│   └── FacebookEvenPage_Dec2014.jpg
└── PRINT
    ├── 15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.indd
    ├── 15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.pdf
    ├── 54x85_FreeTicket-CBF_Mar2015.psd
    ├── 54x85_FreeTicket-CBF_Mar2015_flt.psd
    ├── 54x85_FreeTicket-CBF_mar2015.indd
    ├── 54x85_FreeTicket-CBF_mar2015.pdf
    ├── A1_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.indd
    ├── A1_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.pdf
    ├── A1_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.psd
    ├── A3_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.indd
    ├── A3_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.pdf
    ├── A3_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.psd
    ├── Back15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.psd
    ├── Front15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.psd
    └── flt.psd

[schroef]

I also tried Recursive

MBP-Schroef:CabanaFestival_Mar2015 Admin$ brename -p "_" -r "-" -R -d
[INFO] main options:
[INFO]   ignore case: false
[INFO]   search pattern: _
[INFO]   include filters: .
[INFO]   search paths: ./
[INFO] 
[INFO] 0 path(s) to be renamed
MBP-Schroef:CabanaFestival_Mar2015 Admin$ 

Same result as above

[schroef]

I think i can confirm it does run on either OSX fat32 or something else. I copied files from the TEXTURES folder to a local test folder and it runs just fine

MBP-Schroef:test Admin$ brename -p "_" -r "-" -R -d
[INFO] main options:
[INFO]   ignore case: false
[INFO]   search pattern: _
[INFO]   include filters: .
[INFO]   search paths: ./
[INFO] 
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] '15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.jpg' -> '15x15-CabanaFestival-Mar2015.jpg'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] '15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar20152.jpg' -> '15x15-CabanaFestival-Mar20152.jpg'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'A2_CabanaFestival_Feb2017_2k.png' -> 'A2-CabanaFestival-Feb2017-2k.png'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'A3_CabanaFestival_Mar2015.jpg' -> 'A3-CabanaFestival-Mar2015.jpg'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'A3_CabanaFestival_Mar2015_low.jpg' -> 'A3-CabanaFestival-Mar2015-low.jpg'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'Back15x15_CabanaFestival_Feb2017_1.5k.png' -> 'Back15x15-CabanaFestival-Feb2017-1.5k.png'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'Front15x15_CabanaFestival_Feb2017_1.5k.png' -> 'Front15x15-CabanaFestival-Feb2017-1.5k.png'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'Front54x85_FreeTicket-CBF_Feb2017.png' -> 'Front54x85-FreeTicket-CBF-Feb2017.png'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'Ipad_Browser_Thearender.jpg' -> 'Ipad-Browser-Thearender.jpg'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'Ipad_Browser_Thearender_2k.jpg' -> 'Ipad-Browser-Thearender-2k.jpg'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'back15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015_low.jpg' -> 'back15x15-CabanaFestival-Mar2015-low.jpg'
[INFO] checking: [ ok ] 'front15x15_CabanaFestival_Mar2015_low.jpg' -> 'front15x15-CabanaFestival-Mar2015-low.jpg'
[INFO] 12 path(s) to be renamed
MBP-Schroef:test Admin$ 

I do notice, at the start if readme it says "." are ignored. So is that the issue?