cpar

A commmand line utility that allows for batch coping & renaming with globs.

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Copies and mass-renames files using the variable character ($)

Usage: cpar <INPUT_PATH> <OUTPUT_PATH>

Arguments:
  <INPUT_PATH>   The files to be copied and renamed
  <OUTPUT_PATH>  The path for the renamed files

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help information
  -V, --version  Print version information

Example

Making new copies with different names

Assume a folder with the following files:

src/
	- ContactForm.tsx
	- ContactForm.module.scss
	- ContactForm.astro

cpar src/ContactForm$ src/MembershipForm$ the folder will contain:

src/
	- ContactForm.tsx
	- ContactForm.module.scss
	- ContactForm.astro
	+ MembershipForm.tsx (same contents as ContactForm.tsx)
	+ MembershipForm.module.scss (same contents as ContactForm.module.scss)
	+ MembershipForm.astro (same contents as ContactForm.astro)

Making new copies with different extensions

Assume a folder with the following files:

src/
	- foo.ts
	- bar.ts

cpar src/$.js src/$.ts the folder will contain:

src/
	- foo.js
	- bar.js

Test Command

cargo test -- --test-threads=1

Use Cases

Probably a bunch, but the ones that prodded me to make the tool in the first place were:

• Build scripts for multi-language projects
• Porting large numbers of MVC Framework HTML templates to .astro files
• Creating a copy of a web UI component to use as a starter template

Todos for V1

• Implement a proper Rust testing library - the included tests are rudimentary and use the standard library.
• Change tests such that they can run in parallel (currently they only run consecutively)
• Find a way to use the actual Bash wildcard character (*) in place of ($).
• Publish to Homebrew + some APT-compatible repository