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Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 09:08:28 +1000
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
To: =?utf-8?B?zp3Ouc66z4zOu86xzr/PgiDOms6/z43Pgc6xz4I=?= <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Changing filenames from Greeklish => Greek (subprocess complain)
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On 06Jun2013 05:04, =?utf-8?B?zp3Or866zr/PgiDOk866z4EzM866?= <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> wrote:
| We are in test mode so i dont know if when renaming actually take place what the encodings will be.
| Shall i switch off test mode and try it for real?

I would make a copy. Since you're renaming stuff, hard links would do:

  cp -rpl original-dir test-dir

Then test stuff in test-dir.
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Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>

Too much of a good thing is never enough.       - Luba