irename

Interactive rename tool

Installation

cargo install irename

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

If no positional args are provided, the files list is read from stdin

# find files using your favorite tool (e.g. `fd`) and pipe the file list into renamer
fd \.rs | irename

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

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

ARGS:
    <FILES>...    files to rename. If none provided, the files list will be read from stdin

OPTIONS:
        --dry-run              only print shell commands w/o executing them
    -h, --help                 Print help information
        --regex <REGEX>        Initial regex
        --replace <REPLACE>    Initial replacement string
    -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
• Help side-pane
• Match flags
• Files list scrolling with Ctrl-d/Ctrl-u
• Highlight for conflicting names
• Full-path mode switch for editing the whole path instead of just filename
• Docs