https://github.com/terror/edmv

Bulk rename files with your favourite editor
https://github.com/terror/edmv

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Bulk rename files with your favourite editor

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/terror/edmv
• Owner: terror
• License: cc0-1.0
• Created: 2023-07-03T02:01:07.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-14T03:11:32.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-11T06:11:25.643Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 41 KB
• Stars: 15
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING
  • License: LICENSE

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## edmv 📦

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**edmv** is a tool that lets you bulk rename files fast using your preferred

text editor.

### Demo

Below is a short demo showcasing the main functionality of the program:

[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/33OVZX9m1PZcyqYvdqmtvBRRv.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/33OVZX9m1PZcyqYvdqmtvBRRv)

### Installation

You can install the **edmv** command-line utility via the rust package manager

[cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/):

```bash

cargo install edmv

```

...or you can build it from source:

```bash

git clone https://github.com/terror/edmv

cd edmv

cargo install --path .

```

...or you can download one of the pre-built binaries from the

[releases](https://github.com/terror/edmv/releases) page.

### Usage

Below is the output of `edmv --help`:

```

Bulk rename files using your favorite editor

Usage: edmv [OPTIONS] [sources]...

Arguments:

  [sources]...  Paths to edit

Options:

      --editor   Editor command to use

      --force            Overwrite existing files

      --resolve          Resolve conflicting renames

      --dry-run          Run without making any changes

  -h, --help             Print help

  -V, --version          Print version

```

An option of note is the `--resolve` option, this applies to sources an

intermediate rename to either a temporary directory or file - automatically

handling conflicts such as overlapping or circular renames.

### Prior Art

**edmv** is a tested and extended re-implementation of

the version [Casey](https://github.com/casey) wrote in

[Python](https://github.com/casey/edmv), do check it out!