wizsk / brn

Bulk rename files in a sweep with your favourite text editor

brn

Bulk rename files in a sweep with your favourite text editor. (I know it's nvim).

Install

See releases for pre-built binaries.

Building from the source requires Go.

On Unix:

env CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/wizsk/brn@latest

On Windows cmd:

set CGO_ENABLED=0
go install -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/wizsk/brn@latest

On Windows powershell:

$env:CGO_ENABLED = '0'
go install -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/wizsk/brn@latest

or see release.

Demo

Usages

brn v1.1
Bulk renamer

DESCRIPTION
	brn takes the specified files and puts them into a text buffer and open your editor "EDITOR" env var
	or "nvim", "vim", "vi", "nano" and lets you edit the the file names. if the file any name was changed only
	those fils are renamed.

	Note: Deleting fils are not supported. This will resut in "err: file names currupted"

OPTIONS:
    -d
	inclue directories while renaming. By default diretories are exclued.

    -h
	inclue hidden files or directories while renaming.By default hidden files are are exclued.

EXAMPLES:
	$ export EDITOR=nvim # set the env var

	$ brn .			# rename only the files in current dir "."
	$ brn . -d		# name files and directoris in current dir "."
	$ brn . -d -h	# name files and directoris including hidden files in current dir "."
	$ brn fo		# rename only the files in the dir "fo"
	$ brn f f2 f3	# rename only the files "f f2 f3"
	$ brn *.mp4		# rename only the files ending with "mp4" // bash magic!

Editor

You can use whatever editor you want by setting EDITOR env var. Preferably the editor should be terminal based.

export EDITOR=nvim # nvim user btw

But for some wired reason you wanna use vscode use this flag too. Use vscodium or maybe you love to give Microsoft your data ;). Or If you are using windows may God have mercy on you.

export EDITOR='code -w' # --wait