Recursive-Rename

Recursive rename is a simple tool used to manipulate file names.

It can be used from the command line or NodeJS.

• Installation
• Examples
• Usage
  • Command Line
  • Node

Examples

CLI

rename jsx js

Rename all .jsx files to .js in current directory. By default node_modules and .git are excluded from the crawl. This can be overridden and/or extended.

rename jsx js --dry

Adding the dry flag will return the files that would be changed.

Node

Equivalent operations can be performed in Node

import Rename = 'recursive-rename'

const rename = new Rename({
  src: 'jsx',
  dest: 'js',
})

rename.dive()

Add dry option to get insight on the renaming process without performing it

rename.dive({
  dry: true,
})

Installation

yarn add recursive-rename

or

yarn global add recursive-rename

• Global installation with expose the rename command

If you have not switched to yarn. Simply use npm

npm install recursive-rename

• use -g flag for global installation

Usage

Comand Line

rename $SRC $DEST

$SRC will be the extensions that will be renamed to $DEST extension. These are required. If the path is not provided it will default to the current directory.

Optional flags

 --dry [if present the renaming will not occur, but a list of the changes that would occur are shown]
 --exclude [set to folder that should not be touched]
 --override [if present remove default excluded folders. These are .git and node_modules]
 --path [set to path of folder to rename if not targeting current directory]

Informational flags

--help
--version

Node

Using babel

import Rename from 'recursive-rename'

or

const Rename = require('recursive-rename')

Rename(options)

Create a new instance that will be used to traverse directory and perform renaming.

Options [object]

- src [string]: required
- dest [string]: required
- exclude [array]
- override [array]

Renaming

dive(options)

Once instantiated rename has the dive method. This will perform the crawl based on the options supplied to Rename constructor.

Options [object]

- dry [bool] (if present renaming will not occur and output will be list of what would)