antiseptic

A simple command-line movie directory name cleaner

The pitch

Before:

$ tree MOVIES/ -L 1
MOVIES/
├── Across.the.Hall.2009.DVDRip.XviD-BeStDivX
├── A.Mighty.Heart[2007[DvDrip[Eng]-aXXo
├── District.9.REPACK.R5.LiNE.XviD-KAMERA
├── Drag Me To Hell 2009.DvDRip-FxM
├── Dragonball.Evolution.DVDRip.XviD-DoNE
├── Ed.Wood.XviD.DVD-Rip
├── Gamer.2009.WORKPRiNT.XviD.AC3-ViSiON
├── G-Force.DVDRip.XviD-JUMANJi
├── Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past.2009.WorkPrint.Xvid {1337x}-Noir
├── G.I.Joe The Rise Of Cobra.2009.DvDRip-FxM
├── Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.DVDRip.XviD-NeDiVx
├── I.Served.the.King.of.England.DVDRip.XviD-iAPULA
├── Knowing (2009) [DvdRip] [Xvid] {1337x}-Noir
├── Star.Trek.2009.DvDRip-FxM
├── State of Play (2009) DVDRip XviD
├── The.Hangover.[2009].DVDSCR.[ENG]-MAXSPEED
├── The.Hurt.Locker.2008.DVDRiP.XViD
├── Transformers.Revenge.of.the.Fallen.DVDRip.XviD-iMBT
└── UP[2009]DvDrip-LW

After:

$ tree MOVIES/ -L 1
MOVIES/
├── Across the Hall (2009)
├── A Mighty Heart (2007)
├── District 9
├── Drag Me To Hell (2009)
├── Dragonball Evolution
├── Ed Wood
├── Gamer (2009)
├── G-Force
├── Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past (2009)
├── G I Joe The Rise Of Cobra (2009)
├── Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
├── I Served the King of England
├── Knowing (2009)
├── Star Trek (2009)
├── State of Play (2009)
├── The Hangover (2009)
├── The Hurt Locker (2008)
├── Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
└── UP (2009)

Features

• Uses regex rules
• Command line interface
• No third party dependencies
• Easily updateable rules
• No online services

Requirements

• Python 3

Getting started

$ pip install antiseptic
$ antiseptic update
$ antiseptic rename <movie_directory>

If you have many movies inside one directory and want to rename all of them at once, use the -d, --dir flag:

$ antiseptic rename -d <movie_directory>

To rename directories automatically, use the -a, --auto flag (be carefull):

$ antiseptic rename -da <movie_directory>

How to update the rules?

$ antiseptic update