br

A command line tool which helps to rename a lot of files at once using powerful regex substitutions.

Usage

A file utility to rename a lot of files

Usage: br [OPTIONS] <SEARCH> <REPLACE> [DIRECTORY]

Arguments:
  <SEARCH>     Expression for matching files
  <REPLACE>    Replacement expression (can use named groups with ${1})
  [DIRECTORY]  Rename files in the specified directory (default: current directory)

Options:
  -x, --execute               Rename the files, without this flag only a dry run is performed
      --noconfirm             Do not ask any "are you sure?" confirmation questions
  -s, --starts-with <STRING>  Filters files which start with a given pattern. To specify multiple filters -s "foo" -s "bar"
  -h, --help                  Print help

Installation

After installing Rust,

cargo install --git https://github.com/ananthvk/br

Notes

For substitutions, use ${1}, ${2} and so on instead of \1

Use single quotes ' instead of double quotes to avoid shell expansion when using ${x} in your replacement string.