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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://troet.cafe/users/taak/statuses/113545838607489341">👾 Seher Taak 🐃 (taak@troet.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 15:47:56 JST</a><a href="https://troet.cafe/@taak" title="taak@troet.cafe"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/285208-48-20250214202338.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="👾 Seher Taak 🐃" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">👾 Seher Taak 🐃</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@thomastc/113545479369875597" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@thomastc">@thomastc</a> You can do it inside vim: <a href="https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Bulk_rename_files_with_Vim" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Bulk_rename_files_with_Vim</a></p><p>But the emacs way is better: open the directory in dired, press c-c c-c, you're now in edit mode, that is, the buffer with the directory listing is now fully editable, apply any modifications, press c-c c-c again to save the buffer, thus renaming the files.</p><p>Take a look: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1K1crWKn8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1K1crWKn8</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4071587#notice-7956439">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-11-26T15:47:56+09:00" title="Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 15:47:56 JST">about 3 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://troet.cafe/@taak/113545838607489341" rel="external" title="Sent from troet.cafe via ActivityPub">troet.cafe</a></span></span><a href="https://troet.cafe/@taak/113545838607489341">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3569548">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li><li><article><header><img height="128" width="128" src="https://gnusocial.jp/thumbnail/3569549?w=128&amp;h=128"><h5><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=Fm1K1crWKn8">An Emacs "Killer Feature" Is Bulk Renaming</a></h5><div> from <span>DistroTube</span></div></header><div>One of the problems that will occasionally crop up from time to time on Linux is the need to do a bulk rename of files/directories.  And there really aren't ...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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👾 Seher Taak 🐃 (taak@troet.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 15:47:56 JST👾 Seher Taak 🐃
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@thomastc You can do it inside vim: https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Bulk_rename_files_with_Vim
But the emacs way is better: open the directory in dired, press c-c c-c, you're now in edit mode, that is, the buffer with the directory listing is now fully editable, apply any modifications, press c-c c-c again to save the buffer, thus renaming the files.
Take a look: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1K1crWKn8
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