NAME

vidir - edit directory

SYNOPSIS

vidir [–verbose] [directory

file

-] …

DESCRIPTION

vidir allows editing of the contents of a directory in a text editor. If no directory is specified, the current directory is 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.

Note that if “-“ is specified as the directory to edit, it reads a list of filenames from stdin and displays those for editing. Alternatively, a list of files can be specified on the command line.

OPTIONS

• -v, –verbose

  Verbosely display the actions taken by the program.

EXAMPLES

• 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.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

• EDITOR

  Editor to use.

• VISUAL

  Also supported to determine what editor to use.

• VIDIR_EDITOR_ARGS

  Optional args for editor

AUTHOR

Joey Hess joey@kitenet.net 2006-2010

Modifications by Magnus Woldrich m@japh.se 2011

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2006-2011 the vidir “AUTHOR”s as listed above.

Licensed under the GNU GPL.