edmv 1.0.0

Bulk rename files using your favorite editor
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## edmv 📦

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**edmv** is a tool that lets you bulk rename files fast using your preferred
text editor.

### Demo

Below is a short demo showcasing the main functionality of the program:

[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/33OVZX9m1PZcyqYvdqmtvBRRv.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/33OVZX9m1PZcyqYvdqmtvBRRv)

### Installation

You can install the **edmv** command-line utility via the rust package manager
[cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/):

```bash
cargo install edmv
```

...or you can build it from source:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/terror/edmv
cd edmv
cargo install --path .
```

### Usage

Below is the output of `edmv --help`:

```
Bulk rename files using your favorite editor

Usage: edmv [OPTIONS] [sources]...

Arguments:
  [sources]...  Paths to edit

Options:
      --editor <EDITOR>  Editor command to use
      --force            Overwrite existing files
      --resolve          Resolve conflicting renames
      --dry-run          Run without making any changes
  -h, --help             Print help
  -V, --version          Print version
```

An option of note is the `--resolve` option, this applies to sources an
intermediate rename to either a temporary directory or file - automatically
handling conflicts such as overlapping or circular renames.

### Prior Art

**edmv** is a tested and extended re-implementation of
the version [Casey](https://github.com/casey) wrote in
[Python](https://github.com/casey/edmv), do check it out!