Renamer

Renamer is a batch file renaming tool that allows you to rename lots of files quickly and conveniently.

Usage

The tool provides two commands, rename and validate.

Rename command

renamer:rename <config>

Arguments:

• config: The location of the config file.

See Configuration for more details.

Validate command

renamer:validate <config>

Configuration

Options:

• root: The directory to use as the root for the patterns.
• renamers: Array of renamer configurations.
  • pattern: The glob pattern that specifies the paths to be renamed.
  • actions: Array of actions to be applied to paths.
    • name: The name of the action. See Actions for available names.
    • options: Options array for the action.
• validators: Array of validator configuration. pattern:

Example:

---
root: "/Downloads"
renamers:
- pattern: "/Images/*.jpg"
  actions:
  - name: DropName
  - name: AddDirectoryName
  - name: AddNumber
    options:
      separator: "_"
validators:
- pattern: "/Images/*.jpg"
  actions:
  - name: validate
    options:
      pattern: "/^\\w+_\\d{4}\\.jpg$/"

Actions

Available actions:

• AddDirectoryName: Adds directory name to the filename. Options:
  • separator: Separator to use between the directory name and the file name. Defaults to no separator.
• AddNumber: Adds incremented number to the filename.
  • separator: Separator to use between the number and the file name. Defaults to no separator.
• DropName: Drops the filename.