Re: Bug#287418: ITP: renamer -- Easily rename multiple files on any filesystem.

["Marcelo E. Magallon" <mmagallo@debian.org>]

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 04:54:43PM +0100, Khalid El Fathi wrote:

 > Renamer is a utility that makes it easy to rename any number of files
 > on any filesystem.

 We have:

 mrename - A tool for easy and automatic renaming of many files
 renameutils - Programs to make file renaming easier

     Package: mrename
     Description: A tool for easy and automatic renaming of many files
      Mass Rename is a simple pair of shell scripts which make it easier
      to move, rename, or copy multiple files at once. It is intended
      mainly as an automatic and simple way to rename multiple files
      with a customizable prefix and a progressive number.

 and also the program "rename" part of perl and therefore present on any
 normal installation of Debian (try apt-get remove perl for kicks).

 >  - Change the case of your filenames
 >    (uppercase to lowercase and lowercase to uppercase)

 $ rename 'y/a-z/A-Z/' foo

 >  - Remove spaces from your filenames

 $ rename 's/\s+//g' foo

 >  - Rename using a basis name followed by a sequential number

 This rename can't do easily.

 >  - Rename files from an extension to another one
 >    (for example change every .html to .php)

 $ rename 's/\.html$/.php/' foo

 Marcelo