https://github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex

Move files by applying an regular expression
https://github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex

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Move files by applying an regular expression

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex
• Owner: tdegeus
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-11-08T17:46:57.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-03-14T17:26:01.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-19T09:19:56.908Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 22.5 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 6
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# mv_regex

Move files by applying an regular expression. This allows one to partly rename a batch of files.

# Contents

- [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)

- [Getting mv_regex](#getting-mv_regex)

  - [Using conda](#using-conda)

  - [Using PyPi](#using-pypi)

  - [From source](#from-source)

- [Usage](#usage)

# Disclaimer

This library is free to use under the [MIT license](https://github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex/blob/master/LICENSE). Any additions are very much appreciated, in terms of suggested functionality, code, documentation, testimonials, word-of-mouth advertisement, etc. Bug reports or feature requests can be filed on [GitHub](https://github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex). As always, the code comes with no guarantee. None of the developers can be held responsible for possible mistakes.

Download: [.zip file](https://github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex/zipball/master) | [.tar.gz file](https://github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex/tarball/master).

(c - [MIT](https://github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex/blob/master/LICENSE)) T.W.J. de Geus (Tom) | [email protected] | www.geus.me | [github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex](https://github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex)

# Getting mv_regex

## Using conda

```bash

conda install -c conda-forge mv_regex

```

## Using PyPi

```bash

pip install mv_regex

```

## From source

```bash

# Download mv_regex

git checkout https://github.com/tdegeus/mv_regex.git

cd mv_regex

# Install

python -m pip install .

```

# Usage

The usage is as follows (see `mv_regex --help`):

```

mv_regex

  Rename files using regular expressions. The program will prompt the user for

  confirmation before renaming (unless the "--force" options is used).

Usage:

  mv_regex [options]   ...

Arguments:

          Regular expression to search.

         Regular expression to use as replace.

           List of files on which to do the replacement.

Options:

  -f, --force     Force move, don\'t prompt for user interaction.

  -d, --dirname   Rename directory name (not the file-name).

  -h, --help      Show help.

      --version   Show version.

Example:

  mv_regex "(.*)(_raw.svg)" "\1.svg" *.svg

```