Lf: push file name in rename

[itmitica]

Hi.

I also want to push file name along with map push :rename<space>.

This does not work: map r push :rename<space>$fx. As it should not. It pushes :rename $fx.

This does work: map ro push :rename<space>$fx. But it should not. It results in a rename: filename prompt and a successful rename command on ENTER.

[usama-makhzoum]

do you want to expand '$fx' in a push command? this is (unfortunately) not working at the moment (i supposed). maybe we should implement variable substitute in commands like push.

BTW, map ro push :rename<space>$fx doesn't work too, any key combination that start with r (in the default keymap) simply will transform into rename command, the rest of character you type will go for the file name. so that ro also doesn't work.

[Randoragon]

You can achieve this functionality using shell commands and lf -remote:

map r ${{
    selname="$(basename -- "$f")"
    parsed="$(printf -- "$selname" | sed 's/ /<space>/g')" # need to replace literal spaces with <space>
    lf -remote "send $id push :rename<space>$parsed"
}}

Not sure why and how you would want to use $fx here, but works flawlessly with $f for me.

[itmitica]

I'm using mmv to rename now. Felt right at home with it so I abandoned other venues. Just thought I report my findings, maybe iron out some bugs. Thanks!

[Randoragon]

Looks good! Maybe I will use it in place of the bulk-rename script from the wiki, I'm especially liking the cycle rename feature.

[LordRusk]

If you are using arch, in the 'moreutils' package, there is something called vidir. It's just a vim buffer that allows you to bulk rename all the files in a given directory. Very helpful to be able to use vim to bulk rename.

'cmd bulkrename ${{ vidir; }}'

^^^ Thats all it is.

[gokcehan]

@itmitica If it's a single file, builtin rename command should already put the filename in the prompt.