~/bin

Scripts that deserve to live in ~/bin

rename-batch

Perl script to rename files using a text file to record the new filenames. To use it you would do something like:

1. Save a file list:

    rename-batch -s
   

2. Edit files.txt wherever you want but don't change the files order.

3. See how the files would be renamed:

    rename-batch -l
   

4. If everything looks right you can add the -e switch to apply the changes:

    rename-batch -l -e
   

rename-regexp

Perl script to rename files using regular expressions. Some examples of use would be:

• Replace underscores with spaces in all filenames:

    rename-regexp -s 's/_/ /'
  

• Replace underscores with spaces in filenames that end in .pdf:

    rename-regexp -s 's/_/ /' -m 'm/\.pdf$/'
  

• Recursively replace underscores with spaces and change filenames case to lower:

    rename-regexp -s 'tr/_[A-Z]/ [a-z]/' -r
  

• To apply the changes you need to add the -e switch:

    rename-regexp -s 'tr/_[A-Z]/ [a-z]/' -r -e
  

rsync-backup

Bash script to mount an external disk, backup a local filesystem using rsync, tweet about it and umount the external disk.

To setup your backup first review the configuration section of the script. To test your setup you can add --dry-run to RSYNC_ARGS.

To enable tweeting the backup stats you should install bti, create a twitter application and pair it with your bti configuration.

Author

Manuel Rábade <manuel@rabade.net>

License

This work is published under a MIT License.