nflz - Numbered Filenames With Leading Zeros - CLI + Library

nflz is a CLI-Tool + library that helps you to add leading zeros to numbered filenames in ascending order.

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What it does

Content of some directory: paris (1).png => paris (01).png paris (2).png => paris (02).png ... paris (12).png => paris (12).png ... paris (n).png => n digits => indicator for how many zeros to add

Note

NFLZ can't guarantee you 100% safety. Always make a backup first (: But at my best will this should work when no catastrophic failure is happening.

Install / use

Rust library

Cargo.toml: nflz = "<latest-version>"

CLI tool

$ cargo install nflz

How it works

It either works in pwd (present working dir) or in the directory passed as the first argument.

$ nflz $ nflz <absolute or relative path to dir>

nflz asks you for confirmation before it does any changes to your file system!

Background

If you select multiple files in Windows Explorer and rename them to the same name, Windows automatically numbers all files for you in parentheses. The downside is that there are no leading zeros. Other programs than Windows, e.g. Google Drive, can't order the files properly without the leading zeros. Here comes my CLI/lib into the game!

Example output

``` NFLZ: using dir: "./test" NFLZ: skipping file 'invalid (100) (19231).jpg' because: The filename 'invalid (100) (19231).jpg' must include exactly one numbered group. NFLZ: Files that don't need a renaming: paris (734).jpg NFLZ would rename files: paris (1).jpg => paris (001).jpg paris (2).jpg => paris (002).jpg paris (3).jpg => paris (003).jpg paris (4).jpg => paris (004).jpg paris (5).jpg => paris (005).jpg paris (6).jpg => paris (006).jpg paris (7).jpg => paris (007).jpg paris (8).jpg => paris (008).jpg paris (9).jpg => paris (009).jpg paris (10).jpg => paris (010).jpg

Please confirm with 'y' or abort with 'n' NFLZ can't guarantee you 100% safety. Always make a backup first (: But at my best will this should work when no catastrophic failure is happening. ```