[Feature Request] Add an option that allows passing a list of files as argument

[nightson]

In some cases we need to batch rename some files which don't share any similarities in the file names. It would be a pain in the ass to write a RE to match all of them at the same time. It f2 could take a list of files (directly in the command line or as a list file ) as argument, it would be much easier. Thanks!

[ayoisaiah]

@nightson Would specifying the each file name in the regular expression not achieve what you want?

$ f2 -f 'a.jpg|3.png|q.txt'

[nightson]

@nightson Would specifying the each file name in the regular expression not achieve what you want?

$ f2 -f 'a.jpg|3.png|q.txt'

That would work if you only need to rename a few files. If F2 supports file lists it could be easily integrated with other tools like Candy (an AHK script).

[ayoisaiah]

Thanks for the clarification @nightson , I will add this feature very soon

[nightson]

Thanks for the clarification @nightson , I will add this feature very soon

Cool! Kudos to your hard work!

[ayoisaiah]

@nightson Here's how it currently works:

You create a CSV file like this (the second column is optional)

coverage.out,cover.out
LICENCE,license
README.md,README
f2.exe,f2.msi

And pass it to the csv option:

$ f2 -csv 'input.csv'
+--------------+-----------+--------+
|    INPUT     |  OUTPUT   | STATUS |
+--------------+-----------+--------+
| coverage.out | cover.out | ok     |
| LICENCE      | license   | ok     |
| README.md    | README    | ok     |
| f2.exe       | f2.msi    | ok     |
+--------------+-----------+--------+

You can still use the -f and -r options but they will only operate on the paths in the CSV file.

[nightson]

@nightson Here's how it currently works:

You create a CSV file like this (the second column is optional)

coverage.out,cover.out
LICENCE,license
README.md,README
f2.exe,f2.msi

And pass it to the csv option:

$ f2 -csv 'input.csv'
+--------------+-----------+--------+
|    INPUT     |  OUTPUT   | STATUS |
+--------------+-----------+--------+
| coverage.out | cover.out | ok     |
| LICENCE      | license   | ok     |
| README.md    | README    | ok     |
| f2.exe       | f2.msi    | ok     |
+--------------+-----------+--------+

You can still use the -f and -r options but they will only operate on the paths in the CSV file.

Cool! Could you also add an option that allows passing the paths directly in the command line?

[ayoisaiah]

@nightson How do you mean?

[nightson]

Something like this
f2 -p path1 path2 path3 -f -r

[ayoisaiah]

You can do that already. Add the paths after all options

$ f2 -f -r path1 path2 path3

[nightson]

Sorry I didn't make myself clear. I meant the paths to the files to rename. F2 only supports directory paths to search for currently if I'm not mistaken.

Like this:
$f2 -f -r -p "C:\1.txt" "C:\2.txt" "C:\3.txt"

[ayoisaiah]

@nightson Ok I understand now. I've adapted the code so that it works with both directories and file paths, so you can use either or both.

$ f2 -f -r path1 path/2/file.txt path3

[nightson]

@nightson Ok I understand now. I've adapted the code so that it works with both directories and file paths, so you can use either or both.

$ f2 -f -r path1 path/2/file.txt path3

Cool. That's an even better implementation! Thank you!

[ayoisaiah]

@nightson Please upgrade to the latest release: https://github.com/ayoisaiah/f2/releases/tag/v1.7.0

[nightson]

@nightson Please upgrade to the latest release: https://github.com/ayoisaiah/f2/releases/tag/v1.7.0

Works like a charm. Thank you!