Tool to bulk rename files on the command line using an editor.
This tools works in a similar way how Emacs dir-ed mode does renames.
Current command line options are as follows,
rename: bulk rename 0.1
Chathura C. <[email protected]>
Renames files in bulk by delegating renaming to an editor
USAGE:
rename [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [directory]
FLAGS:
-E Whether to exclude directories
-h, --help Prints help information
-R Rename in subdirectories recursively
-O Sorting descending order
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
-n <depth> Specify sub-directory depth for recursive option
-e, --editor <editor> Specify the custom editor for editing file names
-l <left> Specify the left input to rename from
-m <mode> Specify the renaming mode - directory, stdin, left or diff
-r <right> Specify the right input to rename to
-s <sort> Specify the sorting mode - none (default), alph or dir
ARGS:
<directory> Specify the directory to rename files in
Directory mode is the default mode. One can explicitly specify directory mode by -m option specifying dir.
To rename all the files in the current directory with default editor (vim).
rename .
Specify the editor by giving -e option,
rename . -e nano
TODO: Write up!