user-tools/renamemanual

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2
   3 true <<EOF
   4 =pod
   5
   6 =head1 NAME
   7
   8 renamemanual - Interactive file rename tool
   9
  10 =head1 SYNOPSIS
  11
  12 renamemanual I<FILE> [I<FILE> [...]]
  13
  14 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  15
  16 Prompt for the user for new names for the files given in arguments.
  17 Won't overwrite existing files,
  18 rather keep asking the new name until it can be renamed to (without overwriting an existing file).
  19 Skip a file by entering empty name.
  20
  21 =head1 SEE ALSO
  22
  23 mv(1), rename(1), file-rename(1p) (prename(1)), rename.ul (rename(1)), rename.td(1)
  24
  25 =cut
  26
  27 EOF
  28
  29 if [ $# = 0 ]
  30 then
  31         pod2text "$0" >&2
  32         exit -1
  33 fi
  34 if [ "$1" = --help ]
  35 then
  36         pod2text "$0"
  37         exit 0
  38 fi
  39
  40 for file in "$@"
  41 do
  42         while true
  43         do
  44                 read -e -i "$file" -p "old: $file"$'\n'"new: " newname
  45                 if [ "$newname" != "$file" -a -n "$newname" ]
  46                 then
  47                         if mv -i -v "$file" "$newname"
  48                         then
  49                                 break
  50                         fi
  51                 else
  52                         break
  53                 fi
  54                 echo
  55         done
  56 done