vidir - Man Page

• Edit the contents of the specified directories: vidir path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...
• Display each action taken by the program: vidir --verbose path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...
• Edit the contents of current directory: vidir
• Use the specified text editor: EDITOR=vim vidir path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...
• Read a list of files to edit from stdin: command | vidir -

tldr.sh

vidir [--verbose] [directory|file|-]...

vidir allows editing of directories and filenames in a text editor.  If no directory is specified, the filenames of the current directory are edited.

When editing a directory, each item in the directory will appear on its own numbered line. These numbers are how vidir keeps track of what items are changed. Delete lines to remove files from the directory, or edit filenames to rename files. You can also switch pairs of numbers to swap filenames.

Filenames to be edited may be given any combination of directorys (which will be expanded to the non-recursive list of all files within directory), files, or -.  If the latter is specified, vidir reads a list of filenames from stdin and displays those for editing.

-v,  --verbose

Verbosely display the actions taken by the program.

vidir

vidir *.jpeg

Typical uses.

find | vidir -

Edit subdirectory contents too. To delete subdirectories, delete all their contents and the subdirectory itself in the editor.

find -type f | vidir -

Edit all files under the current directory and subdirectories.

EDITOR

Editor to use.

VISUAL

Also supported to determine what editor to use.

Copyright 2006 by Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

Licensed under the GNU GPL.