[clug] Bashism desired

Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.clug at gmail.com
Wed Mar 13 22:12:02 MDT 2013


On 14/03/13 10:20, Andrew Janke wrote:
> On 14 March 2013 08:45, Carlo Hamalainen <carlo.hamalainen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> man vidir
>>
>> Oh brilliant. Now I can use vim macros to twiddle file names :)
> 
> You can use GUI hammers if you prefer.
> 
> Here is my favourite.
> 
>   $ EDITOR=geany; vidir .
> 
> I much prefer a point and click thing for wierd renames where I need
> vertical select.
> 
> See:
> 
>    http://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/
>    http://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/discussion/
> 
> For more interesting hammers.
> 
> 
> a

Krename is handy if KDE is your DE, it includes an undo function.
For simpler same directory renames in a file browser there is Dolphin -
it has a Rename function - select files/directories, right-click and
choose Rename... from the drop-down list (or F2)


Kind regards


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