RnR

RnR is a command-line tool to rename multiple files and directories that supports regular expressions.

Install

Binaries

GitHub Releases

You can download binaries from latest release page, choose the compressed file corresponding to your platform. These compressed files contain the executable and other additional content such as completion files (Bash, Zsh, fish and PowerShell).

Arch Linux

A package is available in the AUR (rnr) to install latest version of RnR on Arch Linux.

From Source

RnR is written in Rust. You can build it from source using Cargo.

From git repository

sh git clone https://github.com/ChuckDaniels87/rnr . cargo install

From Crates.io

sh cargo install rnr

Options

``` USAGE: rnr [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

FLAGS: -b, --backup Generate file backups before renaming -n, --dry-run Only show what would be done (default mode) --dump Force dumping operations into a file even in dry-run mode -f, --force Make actual changes to files -h, --help Prints help information -x, --hidden Include hidden files and directories -D, --include-dirs Rename matching directories --no-dump Do not dump operations into a file -r, --recursive Recursive mode -s, --silent Do not print any information -V, --version Prints version information

OPTIONS: --color Set color output mode [default: auto] [possible values: always, auto, never] -d, --max-depth Set max depth in recursive mode

ARGS: Expression to match (can be a regex) Expression replacement

SUBCOMMANDS: from-file Read operations from a dump file help Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s) ```

Default behavior

• Dry-run by default.
• Only UTF-8 valid input arguments and filenames.
• Works on files and symlinks (ignores directories).
• Accepts multiple files as arguments.
• Accepts a regex to generate matches. These expressions have same limitations of regex crate. You can check regex syntax here. It supports numbered and named capture groups.
• If max depth is not provided to recursive mode, it is assumed infinite.
• Does not generate backups.
• Output is colored (only ANSI terminals).
• Ignore hidden files and directories.
• Dump all operations to a file in force mode.

Demo