Introduction
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``rbco.rename`` provides a set of Python scripts to rename files in batch.
Install
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1. Install setuptools_.
2. Run::
easy_install rbco.rename
This will install the renaming scripts mentioned in the following section.
Usage
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- rendel STR FILES
Deletes the string STR from the names of all files in FILES.
- rendeln N FILES
Deletes the N first characters from the names of all files in FILES.
- renlu FILES
Renames all files in FILES performing the following operations:
- replaces ' ' by '_';
- replaces ' - ' and '- ' by '-';
- lowercase the names;
- remove leading and trailing spaces.
- renmp3 FILES
Renames all files in FILES performing the following operations:
- replaces all accentuated characters by their ASCII counterparts.
- replaces '_' by ' ';
- replaces ' - ' and '- ' by '-';
- titlecase the names;
- lowcase file extension;
- remove leading and trailing spaces;
- replace ' ' by '-' after the track number, if needed;
- makes track numbers have always 2 digits.
- renid3 FILES
USAGE: renid3 FILES
Rename all FILES based on the ID3 tags and the FORMAT. Example of FORMAT:
'%(tracknumber)s-%(artist)s-%(title)s.mp3'. Other tags can be specified: date, author,
composer, performer, discnumber, album, etc.
FORMAT is retrieved from the RBCO_RENAME_ID3_FORMAT environment
variable. If there's no such variable then a default format is used.
- renpre PREFFIX FILES
Renames all files in FILES adding PREFFIX in the beggining of the file name.
- renrep OLDSTR NEWSTR FILES
Renames all files in FILES replacing OLDSTR by NEWSTR.
- rensuf SUFFIX FILES
Renames all files in FILES adding SUFFIX in the end of the file name. File
extension is preserved.
- unhide FILES
Unhides all hidden files in FILES.
- renremoveacc FILES
Rename the FILES by replacing all accentuated characters by their ASCII counterparts.
.. References
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.. _setuptools: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools