rename

renamer

 

A command line utility to batch-rename files via your editor.

npm i -g @innocenzi/rename

 

Usage

In a directory, use rn to open your configured editor. Each line corresponds to a file:

• If you change a line, the corresponding file will be renamed accordingly.
• If you erase the line while keeping the line jump, the file will be deleted.

Note the following scenarios:

• If you completely delete a line, all operations will be canceled.
• If you rename multiple files with the exact same name, the last one will take over and the previous ones will be deleted.
• If you are deeply renaming paths and have renamed a shared base directory, you need to update other related paths accordingly.

 

Options

Argument	Description
--dry	Prints the output to the console without actually applying the changes
--silent	Prevents from printing to the console
--dirs	Only match directories
--files	Only match files
--base <dir>	Defines the base directory in which the rename will be performed
--depth <depth>	Defines the maximum depth in case a globstar is used (**)

 

Configuration

Your rename_EDITOR or EDITOR environment variable will be used to determine your editor of choice. If none of these are defined, Visual Studio Code will be used instead. If Code is not installed either, or if the configured editor can not be opened, the program will fail.

The following table is a reference from the Git documentation that can be used to set up your editor.

Editor	Environment variable value
Atom	atom --wait
BBEdit (Mac, with command line tools)	bbedit -w
Emacs	emacs
Gedit (Linux)	gedit --wait --new-window
Gvim (Windows 64-bit)	'C:Program FilesVimvim72gvim.exe' --nofork '%*'
Kate (Linux)	kate
nano	nano -w
Notepad (Windows 64-bit)	notepad
Notepad++ (Windows 64-bit)	'C:Program FilesNotepadnotepad.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin
Scratch (Linux)	scratch-text-editor
Sublime Text (macOS)	/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl --new-window --wait
Sublime Text (Windows 64-bit)	'C:Program FilesSublime Text 3sublime_text.exe' -w
TextEdit (macOS)	open --wait-apps --new -e
Textmate	mate -w
Textpad (Windows 64-bit)	'C:Program FilesTextPad 5TextPad.exe' -m
UltraEdit (Windows 64-bit)	Uedit32
Vim	vim
Visual Studio Code	code --wait
VSCodium (Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VSCode)	codium --wait
WordPad	"C:Program FilesWindows NTAccessorieswordpad.exe"
Xi	xi --wait

 

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