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On 10/29/2016 04:59 AM, Emanuele Rusconi wrote: |
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> Have a look at renamexm from sys-apps/rename (it's actually called |
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> rename |
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> but for Gentoo is was renamed to avoid a collision). It has a lot more |
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> options than rename and defaults to prompting you if you try to |
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> rename to |
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> an existing file. |
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> I use vidir from sys-apps/moreutils. |
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> All the power of vim (or whatever you set in $VISUAL) and no need to |
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> pray that your incantation is correct: you edit the file list as a text, |
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> and when you're satisfied, save and exit. |
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> -- Emanuele Rusconi |
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I second the vidir recommendation. I can't tell you how many times it's |
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made batch renaming easy, powerful, and intuitive for me. |
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