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.

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