brn2 is a fork of brn, a command line tool used to easily mass-rename files in your preferred text editor.
This is free and open source software.
Changes to brn
- Option to rename files listed in file or passed as arguments.
- By default, won’t swap files which were not specified in the rename list.
- Option to also solve rename conflicts for equal files.
- Print renamed files.
- Faster algorithm to check for duplicated filenames.
- Check if original files exist.
Website: github.com/lucas-mior/brn2
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Developer: Lucas Mior
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
brn2 is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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