This is a command-line application that acts like a bulk rename tool. It works
by accepting any amount of valid file names, opening them in your $EDITOR (or
vim if $EDITOR is not set, can be configured through the DEFAULT_EDITOR
constant in main.rs), and renaming the ones you have changed.
To see bmv in action, please check out the showcase.mp4 file.
You need rustc and cargo installed, the easiest way to get them is by
installing rustup.
Once rustup is installed, perform the following:
git clone https://github.com/lupont/bmv.git ~/src/bmv
cd ~/src/bmv
cargo build --release
cargo install --path .
The last step is optional, it installs it to your ~/.cargo/bin/ directory
which may or may not be in your $PATH.
bmv is tested on Linux, but should work fine on any BSD and macOS as well.
Windows is untested and unlikely to work, however the changes needed should
be minimal and mostly related to the temp file -- feel free to submit a pull
request if you'd like.
bmv foo.jpg bar.pdf The editor will contain foo.jpg and bar.pdf.
bmv *.png The editor will contain all png-files in the current folder.
bmv * The editor will contain all files in the current folder.
bmv ./* Same as above, but the entries will all be prepended by ./.
bmv ../file* Opens all entries beginning with file in the parent directory.
The editor will contain entries with the .. in them, and you can change
them to any relative or absolute path.
Currently, renaming multiple files to the same name is allowed - effectively
deleting every file but the last one. Should this be an error? A [y/n] choice?
Allowed? A flag?