/brnt

Primary LanguageRust

brnt

The best renaming tool.

Rename files in bulk using your text editor of choice.

Experimental. Use at your own risk, and sorry if it screws up.

example using Sublime Text

Usage

brnt
    [-e|--editor EDITOR-PATHNAME]
    [-x|--include-extensions]
    [--dry-run]
    SEARCH-PATTERN...

brnt --set-editor EDITOR-PATHNAME

My TODO list

  • save editor to a config file
  • flag to include/omit extension in the text file
  • dry-run
  • handle situation where files must be renamed in certain order or with temporary filenames to avoid files clashing mid-process
  • detect invalid situations:
    • 0 files matched pattern
    • files which have unworkable filenames to start with e.g. newlines in filename
    • new filenames provided contain illegal characters e.g. asterisk, question mark
    • new filenames provided contain duplicates
    • new filenames provided clash with other files in the target location
    • making sure that the definition of "duplicate" and "clash" varies with filesystem case sensitivity?
  • the ability to invoke text editor with custom arguments (beyond just the buffer filename)
  • handle file-cannot-be-modified gracefully with choice to retry / abort / rollback / skip
  • display output in way that divides into renamed | unchanged by choice | failed
  • undo