rbco.rename 0.5

A set of Python scripts to rename files in batch.

Introduction

rbco.rename provides a set of Python scripts to rename files in batch.

Install

1. Install setuptools.

2. Run:

   easy_install rbco.rename

This will install the renaming scripts mentioned in the following section.

Usage

• 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.

Changelog

0.5 (2011-06-26)

• Added renid3 script.

0.4 (2011-01-31)

• Refactoring: moved funcionality out of console.renmp3 to renaming.rename_mp3.

• Now “mp3” renaming – provided by the renmp3 script – also removes accentuation.

0.3 (2011-01-31)

• Added renaming.rename_remove_accentuation and console.renremoveacc – and its corresponding console script entry-point.

0.2 (2010-08-18)

• Fixed bad setup.py.

0.1 (2010-08-15)

• Initial release