dot_testing/builds/utils/fm-mass-rename

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# fm-mass-rename
# rename files programmatically or systematically with the help of
# $EDITOR
# ls isn't safe, but if filenames contain newlines we have bigger
# problems
originals=$(mktemp)
ls > "$originals"
modified=$(mktemp)
cat > "$modified" <<EOF
# generated by fm-mass-rename
# edit the filenames using your text editor -- make sure that
# the number of files remain the same
#
# of course, if you have files with newlines in their names or
# files with hashes in front stuff will break, so be careful
#
# to abort, just delete some lines and save and quit
#
# good luck!
EOF
cat < "$originals" >> "$modified"
${EDITOR:-nvim} "$modified"
# remove comments from $modified
sed -i /^#/d "$modified"
# check if both are the same length -- if not, something's wrong
original_len=$(wc -l $originals | cut -d' ' -f1)
modified_len=$(wc -l $modified | cut -d' ' -f1)
if [ "$original_len" -ne "$modified_len" ]; then
cat <<EOF
It seems that you've omitted or deleted some lines -- this is
unsafe and so I'm stopping. Make sure you don't delete any lines
and try again.
EOF
exit 1
fi
combined=$(paste "$originals" "$modified" -d'|')
paste "$originals" "$modified" -d'|' | while read input; do
orig="${input%%|*}"
dest="${input#*|}"
[ "$orig" = "$dest" ] && continue
if [ -f "$dest" ]; then
printf "clobber destination file '%s' with contents of '%s'? (y/n)\n" "$dest" "$orig"
read result
if [ x"$result" = "xy" ]; then
printf "clobbering '%s'\n" "$dest"
mv "$orig" "$dest"
continue
else
printf "skipping copying '%s' to '%s'\n" "$orig" "$dest"
fi
fi
printf "moving '%s' to '%s'\n" "$orig" "$dest"
mv "$orig" "$dest"
done