MMV

Mass move files with 1 command using simple pattern-matching technique.

• Pattern must be a string with some * (star) symbols. Each of this characters will be replaced with a substings to make pattern a name of to be moved
• Template is a string with some # symbols followed by natural numbers. Is some file matched pattern, each of # things will be replaced with corresponding pattern substings to construct a new filename
• If you want mmv to overwrite existing files, you should provide a -f flag, otherwise mmv will do nothing.

Here are a few examples on how mmv can be used:

• mmv prefix*suffix new_prefix#1new_suffix will move all files with prefix and suffix to same names, but with new_prefix and new_suffix.
• mmv old new will behave just as an usual mv command and rename a single file if such exists.
• mmv a*c* a#1c will trunk suffixes of all files matching a*c* template (meaning such files should start with a letter and containg c further).
• mmv 1*3 a#1. If current directory contains files like 123, 1113, 13, 143, they will be renamed to a2, a11, a, a4 respectively

Build instructions

• use cargo build --release for release-ready binary