🧩 FSCode (Filename Studio Code) — Manage Your Filesystem with Your Editor

Turn your VS Code / Vim into a file operations IDE. Generate safe, reviewable batch scripts (move/rename/copy/delete, etc.) from a "visual manifest".

🏁 Quick Start

pip install PyFSCode
find ./photos -name "*.jpg" | fscode --editor='code -w' *.txt

⚡️ Video Demo

default.mp4

🤔 Why This Tool?

Batch file operations (rename / move / delete) are the most common yet error-prone tasks in the command-line world:

mv, cp, rm commands are very clumsy and error-prone for batch operations.
Manually writing for loops and sed for renaming carries a heavy mental load.
Swapping filenames is very complex and often impossible even in a GUI.

fscode provides a more powerful and unified solution.

🚀 What Can It Do?

fscode lets you use your editor to plan batch file operations and safely generate a script for execution.

✨ Core Features

🧭 Editor as UI — Use the powerful features of VS Code/Vim (multi-cursor, regex, macros) to manage files;
🧱 Smart Dependency Handling — Automatically resolves swap, cycle, and move conflicts;
🪶 Safe and Controllable — Does not modify files directly, only generates a reviewable file operation script;
💡 Full Operation Support — Supports creation, copying, moving, deleting, and renaming.
Custom Commands - For example, you can replace touch with ai-generate to create files with content.
Custom Command Prefix - For example, you can use sudo as a prefix for the output script.

📦 Installation

pip install PyFSCode
# Or using uv
uv tool install PyFSCode

🧑‍💻 Usage Example

💻 Step 1: Input Files from Command Line

⚠️ [NOTE]: If your $VISUAL or $EDITOR environment variable points to VS Code, please use --editor='code -w' to wait for the window to close before continuing.

Method 1: Input from Pipe

find ./photos -name "*.jpg" | fscode

Method 2: Pass as Arguments

fscode *.jpg *.txt

Method 3: Pipe + Arguments

find ./photos -name "*.jpg" | fscode *.jpg *.txt

Method 4: Use Custom Commands (Advanced Users)

fscode --is_exchange --editor='code -w' --create='new' --remove='del' --move='mov' *.jpg

📄 Step 2: Modify Filenames in the Editor

The editor will open a file similar to this:

# <ID> <Path>
1 photos/vacation.jpg
2 photos/birthday.jpg
3 project/notes.txt
4 "photos/old picture.jpg"

You just need to modify it:

# File Operation Plan
# ... (comments omitted) ...
#
# My Modifications

# 1. Rename (Edit the path)
1 photos/Paris_Vacation_2025.jpg

# 2. Move (Edit the path)
3 archive/old_notes.txt

# 3. Copy (Duplicate the line, use the same ID 2)
2 photos/birthday.jpg
2 photos/backup_birthday.jpg

# 4. Delete (Delete or comment out the line with ID 4)
# 4 "photos/old picture.jpg"

# 5. Create (Add a new line, ID is 0, quotes are needed due to spaces)
0 "new_project/new note.txt"

⚡ Step 3: Execute

After saving and closing the editor, FSCode will generate a script:

#!/bin/sh
touch "new_project/new note.jpg"
cp photos/birthday.jpg photos/backup_birthday.jpg
mv photos/vacation.jpg photos/Paris_Vacation_2025.jpg
mv project/notes.txt archive/old_notes.txt
rm "photos/old picture.jpg"

After reviewing it for correctness, execute it:

source ./file_ops.sh

✅ All changes can be safely reviewed before execution.

📄 Help Documentation

INFO: Showing help with the command 'fscode -- --help'.

NAME
    fscode - Main execution flow.

SYNOPSIS
    fscode <flags> [PATHS]...

DESCRIPTION
    Main execution flow.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
    PATHS
        Type: str
        File paths to process. Can be provided as arguments or via stdin.

FLAGS
    --editor=EDITOR
        Type: str
        Default: 'code'
        The editor command to use (e.g., "msedit", "code -w"). Defaults to $VISUAL, $EDITOR, or 'code -w'.
    -o, --output_script=OUTPUT_SCRIPT
        Type: str | pathlib._local.Path
        Default: 'file_ops.sh'
        Path to write the generated shell script.
    --edit_suffix=EDIT_SUFFIX
        Default: '.sh'
        Suffix for the temporary editing file. Defaults to '.sh'.
    -n, --null=NULL
        Default: False
        Whether to use null-separated input.
    -r, --remove=REMOVE
        Default: 'rm'
        The command to use for remove operations.
    --copy=COPY
        Default: 'cp'
        The command to use for copy operations.
    --move=MOVE
        Default: 'mv'
        The command to use for move operations.
    --create=CREATE
        Default: 'touch'
    --exchange=EXCHANGE
        Default: 'mv --exchange'
        The command to atomically swap filenames. If you modify to a custom command, is_exchange is automatically enabled.
    --move_tmp_filename=MOVE_TMP_FILENAME
        Type: Optional[str | None]
        Default: None
        Path for the temporary filename used during cycle move operations.
    -i, --is_exchange=IS_EXCHANGE
        Default: False
        Use swap for circular moves and avoid using temporary files. Currently only higher versions of linux are supported.
    --cmd_prefix=CMD_PREFIX
        Type: Optional[str | None]
        Default: None
        An optional command prefix to prepend to all commands.

🌈 Other Recommended Tools

🐟 fish alias example

alias -s fscode "fscode --is_exchange --editor='code -w' --create='new' --remove='del' --move='mov'"

Appendix

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📄 License

This project is open-sourced under the MIT License.

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