irename

Interactive rename tool

Usage

Examples

Rename a bunch of files

# run renamer on all .txt files in some/dir
irename some/dir/*.txt

Execute in dry-run mode

# run renamer on all .txt files in some/dir and only print generated commands w/o actual renaming
irename --dry-run some/dir/*.txt

Output of dry-run mode can be piped

# generate rename commands and execute them by yourself
irename --dry-run some/dir/*.txt | parallel -n1

P.S.: The app will exit with an error if there are some conflicting names. It won't destruct your files as GNU rename does

Cli help output

irename 0.1.0

USAGE:
    irename [OPTIONS] <FILES>...

ARGS:
    <FILES>...

OPTIONS:
        --dry-run          only print shell commands w/o executing them
    -h, --help             Print help information
        --regex <REGEX>    Initial replacement regex
    -V, --version          Print version information

Shortcuts

• Tab - switch between regex and replacement text input areas
• Enter - execute renaming
• Ctrl-c - exit

TODO

• Read input files paths from stdin if no positional args are supplied
• Files list scrolling with Ctrl-d/Ctrl-u
• Highlight for conflicting names
• Help side-pane
• Full-path mode switch for editing the whole path instead of just filename
• Docs