Barenames

Commandline tool for batch renaming files using regular expressions.

Usage

Usage: barenames [OPTIONS] PATTERN REPLACEMENT

  Batch file rename tool with regex substitution.

  Example:

      barenames "myfile-(\d+)" "yourfile-\g<1>"

Options:
  --dir PATH                Directory to perform actions in (default: current
                            working directory)
  --preview / --no-preview  Show preview of renames with confirmation prompt.
  -r, --recursive           Search files to rename recursively
  --help                    Show this message and exit

Barenames uses regex to change file names, which is very powerful tool. But power comes with responsibility, it is adviced to use --preview option to view what program is gonna do, before it does it, cause with regex you never truly know....

Change file extension:

This example changes extension of all .md files in current working directory to .rst

barenames --preview "(?P<filename>.+)\.md" "\g<filename>.rst"

If your files are not in current working directory just pass --dir option to override dir.

barenames --dir ~/my-notes/ --preview "(?P<filename>.+)\.md" "\g<filename>.rst"

If you wish to rename files in subdirectories too, use --recursive or -r for short.

barenames --recursive --preview "(?P<filename>.+)\.md" "\g<filename>.rst"

Use this option with caution though.