user-tools/rn

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2
   3 if [ "$1" = --help ]
   4 then
   5         echo "Rename one file, no overwrite:
   6   rn [<OLDNAME>] [<NEWNAME>]
   7 Rename 1 or more than 2 files interactively:
   8   rn [<FILENAME-1> [<FILENAME-2> [...]]]"
   9         exit
  10 fi
  11
  12 if [ $# = 2 ]
  13 then
  14         if [ "$1" = "$2" ]
  15         then
  16                 exit 0
  17         fi
  18
  19         if [ ! -e "$2" -o -d "$2" ]
  20         then
  21                 mv -n "$@"
  22                 # set error status if the first file still exists (rename was not successful)
  23                 test ! -e "$1" || exit 17
  24         else
  25                 renamemanual "$@"
  26         fi
  27 else
  28         renamemanual "$@"
  29 fi