This is a Command Line Program that renames a set of files in a directory.
Before Organising
After Organising
TODO: Add photo
- -s: Source. The source directory whose content is to be renamed. The only required flag.
- -t: Target. The target directory to store renamed content. Defaults to a directory named
renamedwithin the source directory. If the specified directory does not exist, it will be created. - -sft: Source File Type. The type of files to rename from the source directory. Defaults to
.jpg. When specifying this flag, the.must be added at the beginning. - -tft: Target File Type. The new extension to give renamed files. Defaults to the value of
sft. - -p: Prefix. The prefix to use when renaming files.
After compiling the source file, the path to the binary should be added to the system's environment variable.
Open a terminal window and type org then hit Enter. The message This is ORG followed by The specified source directory does not exist. should be displayed. This shows that the program is ready to be used.
The program can be used to rename a group of files in a directory.
org -s="source/directory/" -t="target/directory"If the target directory is not specified, the renamed files will be stored in a directory named renamed within the source directory.
The program can change file extensions. By using the tft flag you can specify the new extension to use for renamed files.
The example below changes all the jpg files in the source directory to mp4 files in the target directory.
org -s="source/directory/" -t="target/directory" -tft=".mp4"Do what you will with this information.
When using the program, renamed files are given numbers as names, to ensure uniqueness of each file name. A prefix can be added to each renamed file to provide another layer of organization. So instead of having files with just 1, 2, and so on as names, the files can be graduation 1, graduation 2, etc.
org -s="source/directory/" -t="target/directory" -p="graduation"