vimv

vimv is a terminal-based file rename utility that lets you easily mass-rename files using Vim.

Installing

1. For the current user:

   curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thameera/vimv/master/vimv > ~/.local/bin/vimv && chmod +755 ~/.local/bin/vimv
   

2. For the current system:

   sudo PREFIX=/usr/local make install
   

Or simply copy the vimv file to a location in your $PATH and make it executable.

Usage

1. Go to a directory and enter vimv with optionally, a list of files to rename.
2. A Vim window will be opened with names of all files.
3. Use Vim's text editing features to edit the names of files. For example, search and replace a particular string, or use visual selection to delete a block.
4. Save and exit. Your files should be renamed now.

Other features

• If you want to list only a group of files, you can pass them as an argument. eg: vimv *.mp4
• If you have an $EDITOR environment variable set, vimv will use its value by default.
• If you are inside a Git directory, vimv will use git mv (instead of mv) to rename the files.
• You can use /some/path/filename format to move the file elsewhere during renaming. If the path is non-existent, it will be automatically created before moving.

Screencast

Gotchas

Don't delete or swap the lines while in Vim or things will get ugly.

Running tests

Tests are written using bats. To run the tests:

git submodule update --init
test/test_vimv.bats