Bulkrename

• This script provides a command line tool that is called through the command bulkrename.
• This tool allows you to refactor files, similar to how the bulkrename command works in the file manager ranger.
• By default, bulkrename will list all of the files in the current directory in a vim buffer, and allow you to interactively rename these files, by simply changing the file names in the vim buffer.
• This tool also comes with options for recursively renaming files and directories across the directory path that is passed in.

Requirements

• python 3.6
• python module: click
• This script works on MacOS/Linux/Windows systems.

If the click module is not already downloaded in your environment, the installation command will download it for you.

Installation

Download command:

git clone https://github.com/Jim-Shaddix/bulkrename.git

Install command:

pip3 install --editable .

Usage

bulkrename --help

Usage: bulkrename [OPTIONS] [PATH]

  Refactors all of file names in the provided directory. By default,
  refactoring is done on the current directory, and is only done on non-dot
  files.

Options:
  -f, --files             [Default = True]  refactor files.
  -dotf, --dot-files      refactor dot files.
  -d, --directories       refactor directories.
  -dotd, --dot-direc      refactor dot directories.
  -r, --recursive         recursively refactor through directories.
  -dotr, --recursive-dot  recursively refactor through dot directories.
  -v, --verbose           Display what each relative file path was changed to.
  -dr, --dry-run          Display what each file path will be changed to,
                          without performing the changes.
  --help                  Show this message and exit.

• When you modify a file or directory name in the spawned editor, these changes will take place once you save the file and exit the editor.
• If the editor is exited without being saved, or improper file names were used in the editor, the user is prompted with a message. The users response to the message dictates how the rest of the program will run.

message: [Retry|Continue|Exit]? [r|c|x]:

• r: Allow's the user to try modifying the files in the current directory again.
• c: Causes the program to skip refactoring the current directory.
• x: will stop execution of the program.

Example Usage

• Below is a simple example of how the script works without any arguments.

Note

This program launches an editor using the command click.edit(). This command will use the systems defined editor, or fall back on a sensible default. You can read more about this command hear. I recommend setting vim as your editor when using this command because vim comes with support for making bulk edits to text. However, if you do not wish to use vim, this program will work regardless.