From 926f38a941da5f917971e609f0c03d9b69c92535 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastiano Tronto <sebastiano@tronto.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2022 12:41:06 +0100
Subject: Added virename

---
 virename | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 virename

(limited to 'virename')

diff --git a/virename b/virename
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e0d23bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virename
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Rename all files in the current directory with a visual editor.
+# Similar to sel add all && sel mv, but it actually works.
+
+file=$(mktemp)
+file2=$(mktemp)
+editor=${EDITOR:-vi}
+
+ls | tee "$file" > "$file2"
+$editor "$file2"
+
+if [ "$(wc -l $file  | awk '{print $1}')" != \
+     "$(wc -l $file2 | awk '{print $1}')" ]; then
+	echo "Error reading new file names"
+else
+	paste "$file" "$file2" | while read f; do
+		fold=$(echo "$f" | sed 's/\t.*//')
+		fnew=$(echo "$f" | sed 's/.*\t//')
+		if [ "$fold" != "$fnew" ]; then
+			mv "$fold" "$fnew" \
+			|| echo "Error renaming $fold to $fnew"
+		fi
+	done
+fi
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