Find and Replace File Name

This is a simple CLI tool to find and replace text in the file name in the current directry.

Install

• Install Go
• Add the Go bin folder to your path
• Run this in your terminal

go install github.com/zapturk/frfn@latest

go install github.com/zapturk/frfn@v1.0.0

Usage

This tool has three main commands: replace, prepend, and append.

Replace

The replace command (aliased as r) finds and replaces text within file names in the current directory.

Options:

• --OldText, -o: (Required) The text to be replaced in the file name.
• --NewText, -n: (Required) The new text to replace the old text.
• --Force, -f: (Optional) By default, the command runs in a "dry run" mode, showing the changes without applying them. Use this flag to execute the file renaming.

Example:

To replace "old" with "new" in file names:

frfn replace -o "old" -n "new"

To execute the replacement:

frfn replace -o "old" -n "new" -f

Prepend

The prepend command (aliased as p) adds text to the beginning of file names in the current directory.

Options:

• --Text, -t: (Required) The text to prepend to the file names.
• --Force, -f: (Optional) By default, the command runs in a "dry run" mode. Use this flag to execute the file renaming.

Example:

To prepend "prefix-" to all file names:

frfn prepend -t "prefix-"

To execute the prepending:

frfn prepend -t "prefix-" -f

Append

The append command (aliased as a) adds text to the end of file names in the current directory.

Options:

• --Text, -t: (Required) The text to append to the file names.
• --Force, -f: (Optional) By default, the command runs in a "dry run" mode. Use this flag to execute the file renaming.

Example:

To append "-suffix" to all file names:

frfn append -t "-suffix"

To execute the appending:

frfn append -t "-suffix" -f

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