Bug#543321: ITP: immv -- Rename multiple files interactively

[Marco Herrn <marco@mherrn.de>]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:18:33AM +0200, Maximilian Gass wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:00:59AM +0200, Marco Herrn wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: Marco Herrn <marco@mherrn.de>
> > 
> > 
> > * Package name    : immv
> >   Version         : 0.2
> >   Upstream Author : Marco Herrn <marco@mherrn.de>
> > * URL             : http://immv.berlios.de/
> > * License         : GPL
> >   Programming Lang: Python
> >   Description     : Rename multiple files interactively
> > 
> > immv allows to rename multiple files at once by providing an editor with
> > the names of the given files. This allows to use sophisticated features of
> > this editor (for example vim) to efficiently rename a whole bunch of files.
> 
> Doesn't vidir from moreutils provide exactly the same functionality already?

I didn't know of vidir. It seems actually similar. However, vidir also
allows deletion of files and directories. immv is a safer alternative if
one really only wants to rename files.