pipe-rename

pipe-rename takes a list of files as input, opens your $EDITOR of choice, then renames those files accordingly.

Installation

cargo install pipe-rename

This will install the renamer binary.

Usage

Usage is simple, just pipe a list of files into renamer. This will open your $EDITOR (or vim, if not set), and once your editor exits it will detect which files were renamed:

ls | renamer

You can also supply filenames as positional arguments. To rename txt files in the current directory:

renamer *.txt

The default behavior is to rename files, but you can override this. If you want to run git mv old new on each rename, you can do something like this:

ls | renamer --rename-command "git mv"

Helptext

Takes a list of files and renames/moves them by piping them through an external editor

USAGE:
    renamer [OPTIONS] [FILES]...

ARGS:
    <FILES>...

OPTIONS:
    -c, --rename-command <RENAME_COMMAND>    Optionally set a custom rename command, like 'git mv'
    -f, --force                              Overwrite existing files
    -h, --help                               Print help information
    -p, --pretty-diff                        Prettify diffs
    -V, --version                            Print version information
    -y, --yes                                Answer all prompts with yes