The original post: /r/linux by /u/Far-Pair7381 on 2024-10-12 20:55:24.

How do you all use the definite article “the” with your file naming conventions?

I want to only use lowercase and hyphens in my naming scheme. This is how I am going to name the following video file:

carsthestar-s1e1-thezephyrstory-1994.mp4

I put “The” in the name of the episode, because it isn’t at the beginning of the filename.

The TV series is entitled “The Car’s the Star.” But it would look out of the place having the definite article at the beginning of the filename. Also how to deal with the apostrophe?