Mvr
a Ruby script that allows you to rename a group of files via regular expression
Installation
Install it yourself as:
$ gem install mvr
Usage
###required parameters:
- match pattern
- replacement pattern (use
\1
for first match,\2
for second match, and so on) - filenames
###optional parameters:
-
-e
or--exclude-extension
to exclude the extension of the file from the pattern matching/replacement -
-v
or--override-colors
to override the colors with the ones configured by the [colorconfig][colorconfig] script
###displays: prints a color-coded list of file names and their replacement names; also asks for confirmation
#####Color Coding: grey background for no change, red background for conflict
###action:
if you type y
or yes
(case insensitive), it will rename the files; anything else will cause it to cancel the operation